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Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
1877Nov, 2

Friedrich Graf von Wrangel

Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel (13 April 1784 – 2 November 1877) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army.

A Baltic German, he was nicknamed "Papa Wrangel" and was a member of the Baltic noble family of Wrangel.

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