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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 field marshal who began his career as a cavalry commander
fighting in revolutionary France. "Papa Wrangel" commanded II. Armeekorps 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. He was promoted to
General-Feldmarschall 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.
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