Ferdinand von Wrangel

Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel
Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel
Portrait by Aleksandr Pershakov [ru] 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	(1797-12-29)29 December 1797 Pskov, Governorate of Pskov, Russian Empire
Died	25 May 1870(1870-05-25) (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

Baron^[a] Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von^[b] 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 Russia German (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.

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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