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Carl Gustaf Wrangel ( December 23 , 1613 - July 5 , 1676 ) was a Swedish soldier. He was the son of Herman Wrangel and was descended from a family of Baltic German origin, branches of which settled in Sweden, Russia and Germany . Carl Gustaf was born near Uppsala and at the age of twenty distinguished himself as a cavalry captain in the war against the Army of the League. Three years later he was colonel, and in 1638 major-general, still serving in Germany. In 1644 he commanded a fleet at sea, which defeated the Danes at Fehmarn on October 23 . In ". In 1657 he was appointed Lord High Admiral and in 1664 Lord High Constable of the Realm , and as such he was a member of the Privy Council during the minority of Charles XI Of Sweden . But his last campaign was unfortunate. Commanding, ineffectively owing to his broken health, in the war against Brandenburg, he was recalled after his stepbrother Baron Waldemar Wrangel ( 1647 - 1676 ), had been defeated at Fehrbellin . He died on Rügen , in Swedish Pomerania shortly afterwards, on July 5 , 1676 . |