KARL GUSTAV VON See also:

• WRANGEL, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ERNST, COUNT VON (1784–1877)
• KARL GUSTAV VON WRANGEL (1613-1676)

WRANGEL (1613-1676)  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish soldier, was descended from a See also:

• FAMILY

family of Esthonian origin, branches of which settled in See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann von See also:

• WRANGEL, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ERNST, COUNT VON (1784–1877)
• WRANGEL, KARL GUSTAV VON (1613-1676)

Wrangel (1587-1643), was a Swedish See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal in Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus's See also:

• WARS

wars . Karl Gustav was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• UPSALA, or UPPSALA

Upsala on the 23rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1613, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty distinguished himself as a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army of the See also:

• LEAGUE

League . Three years later he was See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, and in 1638 See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, still serving in Germany . In 1644 he commanded a See also:

• FLEET

fleet at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, which defeated the Danes at See also:

• FEHMARN

Fehmarn on the 23rd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . In 1646 he returned to Germany as a field marshal and succeeded See also:

• TORSTENSSON, LENNART, COUNT (1603–1651)

Torstensson as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Swedish army in Germany, which See also:

• POST

post he held during the last three See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' War . Under Wrangel and See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne the allied Swedish and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French armies marched and fought in See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria and See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg . At the outbreak of a fresh See also:

• POLISH

Polish war in 1655 Wrangel commanded a fleet, but in 1656 he was serving on See also:

• LAND

land again and commanding, along with the See also:

• GREAT

Great Elector of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, in the three days' See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw . In 16J7 he invaded See also:

• JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

Jutland and in 1658 passed over the See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice into the islands and took Kronborg . In 1657 he was appointed See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral and in 1664 general of the See also:

• REALM

realm, and as such he was a member of the regency during the minority of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles XI . But his last See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign was unfortunate . Commanding, ineffectively owing to his broken See also:

• HEALTH

health, in the war against Brandenburg, he was recalled after his stepbrother Waldemar, Freiherr von Wrangel (1647-1676), had been defeated at Fehrbellin .

He died at Riigen shortly afterwards, on the 5th of See also:

• JULY

July 1676 .