Swedish aristocrat, politician, and military commander
1613 CE
to 1676 CE
Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav Wrangel; 23 December 1613 - 5 July 1676) is a high-ranking Swedish noble, statesman and military commander in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northern and Scanian Wars.
He holds the ranks of a field marshal, commander-in-chief of the Swedish forces in Germany (1646–1648), and Lord High Admiral of Sweden (since 1657).
Wrangel is governor-general of Swedish Pomerania (1648–1652 and 1656–1676) and since 1664, Lord High Constable of Sweden and a member of the Privy Council.
He holds the title of a Count of Salmis until 1665, thereafter he is Count of Sölvesborg; by 1673, Wrangel's title is "Count of Sölvesborg, freiherr of Lindeberg and Ludenhof, lord of Skokloster, Bremervörde, Wrangelsburg, Spyker, Rappin, Ekebyhov, Gripenberg and Rostorp".
From 1658, Wrangel is supreme judge in Uppland, and from 1660, chancellor of the University of Greifswald.
He holds several estates, primarily in the Swedish dominions, where he constructs representative mansions - Wrangelsburg in Pomerania bears his name today.
Wrangel is a close friend of Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
