Wrangell was a
Baltic German baron, a member of the noble
Wrangel family, and a
White Russian émigré after the fall of the Russian Empire. His parents were general Baron Nikolai Alexandrovitch Von Wrangel of Terpelitzy and Maria Vladmirovna. From 1916 his stepmother was
Baroness Elizabeth Hoyningen-Huene. He was the nephew of
Pyotr Wrangel, last commander of the
white forces in the Russian south. He had two brothers, Vladimir and Nikolaus. He had three sisters, Maria, Vera, and Xenia. ==Life==