Wrede

The Wrede family is the name two different noble families, the German princely one, originating in Bavaria and a more ancient one, Finnish-Swede von Wrede family of German descent, originating in Westphalia, whose members held the title of Baron and Count.^[1]^[2]

Surname

Wrede is also a German surname.

Carolus Wrede (1860–1927), Finnish industrialist
Caspar Wrede (1929–1998), Finnish film director
Fabian Wrede, Count of Östanå (1641–1712), Swedish baron and advisor to King Charles XI of Sweden
Fritz Wrede (1868−1945), German fairground barrel and organ builder, inventor
Gustaf Wrede (1889–1958), Finnish engineer and businessman
Gerda Wrede (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist
Karl Philipp von Wrede (1767–1838), Bavarian field-marshal
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (born 1963), German game designer, creator of the board game Carcassonne
Mathilda Wrede (1864–1928), Finnish baroness and philanthropist
Patricia Wrede (born 1953), American fantasy writer
Theodor Freiherr von Wrede (1888–1973), German general in the Wehrmacht
William Wrede (1859–1906), German theologian