Ferdinand von Wrangel
Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (Russian: Барон Фердинанд Петрович Врангель, tr. Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel'; 9 January 1797 [O.S. 29 December 1796] – 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1870) was a Baltic German explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and a founder of the Russian Geographic Society. He is best known as the chief manager of the Russian-American Company and governor of the Russian settlements in present-day Alaska.
Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel | |
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| Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel | |
Portrait by Aleksandr Pershakov in Hermitage Museum | |
| 6th Governor of Russian America | |
| In office 1 June 1830 – 29 October 1835 | |
| Preceded by | Pyotr Yegorovich Chistyakov |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Kupreyanov |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 18 May 1855 – 27 July 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Menshikov |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Metlin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1797 Pskov, Governorate of Pskov, Russian Empire |
| Died | 25 May 1870 (aged 72) Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Baltic German |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Teodora Natalia Karolina de Rossillon |
| Children | Wilhelm, Peter, Ferdinand, Elisabeth, Eva |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial Russian Navy Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1815–1864 |
| Rank | Admiral Adjutant General |
| Battles/wars | Crimean War |
In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian, which more closely represents its pronunciation in German, or Wrangell.
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