Editing Pyotr Wrangel (section)

==Family==
Wrangel was born in [[Zarasai|Novalexandrovsk]], [[Kovno Governorate]] in the [[Russian Empire]] (now [[Zarasai]], [[Lithuania]]) as the son of Baron {{ill|Nikolai Wrangel|ru|Врангель, Николай Егорович|lt=Nikolai Egorovich Wrangel}} (1847–1923) and his Russian wife, Maria Dimitrievna Dementieva-Maikova (1856–1944). The [[Baltic German nobility|Baltic German noble]] [[Wrangel family]] was part of the [[Uradel]] (old nobility), the family was of [[Germans|German]] origin, appearing in the old "[[Livonia]]" with [[Teutonic Order]]. It has a common origin with the noble family von {{ill|Löwenwolde family|ru|Лёвенвольде (дворянский род)|lt=Löwenwolde}} and von {{ill|Engdes family|de|Engdes (Adelsgeschlecht)|lt=Engdes}}. Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel was only distantly related to the famed Arctic explorer [[Ferdinand von Wrangel]] and the [[Prussian Army|Prussian]] [[Generalfeldmarschall]] [[Friedrich von Wrangel]].

His cousin, Baron Nikolai Von Wrangell (1869 - 1927), also belonging to the Estonian Knighthood, reached high military rank. He was adjutant to the [[Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia|Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch]] (1878–1918), rose to the rank of Colonel as Commander of the 16th Irkutsk [[Russian hussars|Hussar]] Regiment, and finally to Major General on Grand Duke Michael's staff. He married [[Baroness Elizabeth Hoyningen-Huene]].<ref>Rene Levoll, The Last Motor Race of The Empire 2014 {{ISBN|9789949380602}}.</ref>