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Friedrich
Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel
(13.04.1784 - 01.11.1877)
place of birth: Stettin, Pommern (Szczecin, Poland)
Königreich
Preußen: OBH,
Generalfeldmarschall (Cav)
Prussian count and Generalfeldmarschall who began his career as a cavalry commander
fighting in revolutionary France. "Papa Wrangel" commanded II. Armee-Korps of the
so-called German Confederation during the First Schleswig
War of 1848. Later that same year, he was called to Berlin
in order to put down the 1848 Revolutions, a feat he accomplished
without any blood being shed.
General von Wrangel then devoted his service time
to revitalizing the Prussian cavalry forces. In 1849, he was decorated with
Prussia's highest order of chivalry, the Schwarzer Adler-Orden (Order
of the Black Eagle.) He was promoted to
Generalfeldmarschall in 1856 and was appointed commander-in-chief of Austrian/Prussian forces during the Danish War of 1864 (Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg). The old field marshal later served as a military advisor during
both the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 (Deutscher Krieg) and the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg). Field Marshal
von Wrangel passed away in Berlin in November of 1877 at the age of 93.
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