Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim facts for kids

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Quick facts for kids Marshal of Finland, Baron ; Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ; VR SR, SVR SR ketj., SL SR
6th President of Finland
	In office; 4 August 1944 – 11 March 1946
Prime Minister	Antti Hackzell; Urho Castrén; J. K. Paasikivi
Preceded by	Risto Ryti
Succeeded by	J. K. Paasikivi
Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defense Forces
	In office; 17 October 1939 – 12 January 1945
Preceded by	Hugo Österman (as Commander of the Hosts)
Succeeded by	Axel Heinrichs (as Chief of Defence)
	In office; 25 January 1918 – 30 May 1918
Preceded by	post created
Succeeded by	Karl Fredrik Wilkama
State Regent of Finland
	In office; 12 December 1918 – 26 July 1919
Preceded by	P. E. Svinhufvud
Succeeded by	K. J. Ståhlberg as President of the Republic
Personal details
Born	4 June 1867; Askainen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	27 January 1951 (aged 83); Lausanne, Switzerland
Resting place	Hietaniemi cemetery, Helsinki
Nationality	Finnish
Spouse(s)	Anastasie Arapova (div. 1919)
Children	Anastasie Mannerheim (1893–1977); Sophie Mannerheim Jr. (1895–1963)
Relatives	Count Carl Robert Mannerheim (father); Count Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (paternal grandfather); See Mannerheim family
Profession	Military officer, statesman
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Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Finland
Branch/service	Imperial Russian Army; White Guard; Finnish Army
Years of service	1887–1917 (Russia); 1918–1946 (Finland)
Rank	Lieutenant General (Russia); Field Marshal (Finland)
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War; First World War; Finnish Civil War; Second World War Winter War; Continuation War; Lapland War;

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ( 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. Mannerheim served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Regent of Finland (1918–1919), commander-in-chief of Finland's defence forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and the sixth President of Finland (1944–1946).

Images for kids

Mannerheim (right) with a fellow student, Antanas Ričardas Druvė, in Nicholas Cavalry School, St Petersburg, late 1880s.
After his coronation, Nicholas II of Russia leaves Dormition Cathedral. The Chevalier Guard Lieutenant marching in front to the Tsar's right is Mannerheim.
Gustaf Mannerheim's route across Asia from St. Petersburg to Peking, 1906–1908.
Mannerheim as Regent (seated), with his adjutants (left) Lt. Col. Lilius, Capt. Kekoni, Lt. Gallen-Kallela, Ensign Rosenbröijer.
Mannerheim leading the victory parade at the end of the Finnish Civil War in Helsinki, 1918
Field Marshal Baron Mannerheim in 1940
Discussion with Hitler, Marshal Mannerheim and President Ryti. Hitler visited Mannerheim on his 75th birthday.
Marshal Baron Mannerheim leaves the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on 4 March 1946 after his short presidency
Mannerheim's funeral parade in Helsinki Senate Square on 4 February 1951.
Mannerheim Square in Helsinki with an equestrian statue of Mannerheim.
Finnish postal stamp 1941
Mannerheim was honoured by the US Mail with a postage stamp