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Carl Gustaf Wrangel
December 23, 1613-July 5, 1676

Carl Gustaf Wrangel in 1662
Place of birthUppsala, Sweden
Place of deathRügen, Swedish Pomerania
AllegianceSweden
RankField Marshal
Commands heldCommander-in-chief of the Swedish army in Germany
Battles/warsThirty Years War
Northern Wars

Carl Gustaf Wrangel (December 23, 1613 - July 5, 1676) was a Swedish soldier and Count of Salmis. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Uppsala ˈɵpˌsɑːla (older spelling Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County ( Uppsala län) and the fourth largest city of "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Rügen (ˈʁyːgən or Rugia is Germany 's largest Island. It is located in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Swedish Pomerania (Svenska Pommern Schwedisch-Pommern was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from the 17th to the 19th century situated on what is now the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. For other meanings see Field Marshal (disambiguation Field marshal is a military officer rank For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. This article is about the 17th century war For 16th century war see Northern Seven Years' War ( 1563 – 1570) Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin A salmis is a preparation from classical French cooking. When a Roast or sautéed piece of Meat is sliced and reheated in sauce the result

He was the son of baroness Margareta Grip av Vinäs and Herman Wrangel and was paternally descended from a family of Baltic German origin, branches of which settled in Sweden, Russia and Germany. Herman Wrangel (1584 or 1587 &ndash December 11 1643) was a Swedish soldier and politician of Baltic German extraction The Baltic Germans (Deutschbalten or Baltendeutsche) were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Carl Gustaf was born near Uppsala and at the age of twenty distinguished himself as a cavalry captain in the war against the Army of the League. Uppsala ˈɵpˌsɑːla (older spelling Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County ( Uppsala län) and the fourth largest city of Three years later he was colonel, and in 1638 major-general, still serving in Germany. In 1644 he commanded a fleet at sea, which defeated the Danes at Fehmarn on October 23. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Fehmarn ( Danish: Femern or Femer) is an island and - since 2003 - a town on this island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC -

In 1646 he returned to Germany as a Field Marshal and succeeded Lennart Torstenson as commander-in-chief of the Swedish army in Germany, which post he held during the last three campaigns of the Thirty Years' War. This is a list of the 78 Field Marshals of Sweden, with their respective years of appointment from the 16th to the 19th century. Lennart Torstenson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad ( 17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651) was The Swedish Army ( Swedish: Armén) is the Army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. Under Wrangel and Turenne the allied Swedish and French armies marched and fought in Bavaria and Württemberg. Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, often called simply Turenne ( September 11 1611 &ndash July 27 1675) was This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Württemberg, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany. Queen Christina created him count of Salmi and Suistamo pogosta, in Käkisalmi province in northern Karelia, Eastern Finland; and afterwards augmented his lands with barony of Lindeberg in Halland. Christina (Kristina Augusta ( – 19 April 1689 later known as Christina Alexandra and sometimes Countess Dohna, was Karelia ( Karelian and Finnish Karjala, Карелия ( Kareliya) Karelen the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in is one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish on the western coast of Sweden. At the outbreak of the Northern Wars in 1655 Wrangel commanded a fleet, but in 1656 he was serving on land again and commanding, along with the Great Elector of Brandenburg, in the three days Battle of Warsaw (1656). This article is about the 17th century war For 16th century war see Northern Seven Years' War ( 1563 – 1570) Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The Battle of Warsaw (Schlacht von Warschau Bitwa pod Warszawą Tredagarsslaget vid Warszawa was a Battle which took place near Warsaw on July 18 In 1657 he invaded Jutland and in 1658 passed over the ice into the islands and took Kronborg. This article is about the region of Denmark. For the World War I naval battle see Battle of Jutland. Kronborg Castle (Kronborg Slot is situated near the town of Helsingør (immortalised as Elsinore in Shakespeare's Hamlet) on the extreme tip 1666 he entered Northern Germany to win the city of Bremen for the Swedish crown. Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen But he was not successful: On November, 15th, 1666 he was forced to make peace, and concluded the "Peace of Habenhausen".

In 1657 he was appointed Lord High Admiral and in 1664 Lord High Constable of the realm, and as such he was a member of the Privy Council during the minority of Charles XI of Sweden. The High Council of Sweden or Council of the Realm (in Swedish Riksrådet until 1687 sometimes Latinised as Senatus Regni Sueciae) consisted originally The Realm of Sweden or Svenska väldet is a term that historically was used to comprise all the territories under the control of the Swedish monarchs The High Council of Sweden or Council of the Realm (in Swedish Riksrådet until 1687 sometimes Latinised as Senatus Regni Sueciae) consisted originally Charles XI (Karl XI 24 November 1655old style &ndash 5 April 1697old style was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death in an unruly period in But his last campaign was unfortunate. Commanding, ineffectively owing to his broken health, in the war against Brandenburg, he was recalled after his stepbrother Baron Waldemar Wrangel (1647-1676), had been defeated at Fehrbellin. The Battle of Fehrbellin was fought on June 28, 1675 between Sweden and Brandenburg. He died on Rügen, in Swedish Pomerania shortly afterwards, on July 5, 1676. Rügen (ˈʁyːgən or Rugia is Germany 's largest Island. It is located in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Swedish Pomerania (Svenska Pommern Schwedisch-Pommern was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from the 17th to the 19th century situated on what is now the Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England.

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