Friedrich Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (13 June 1767 – 31 January 1812), was a Prussian politician and diplomat who served as Envoy to

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and

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Early life

Arnim was born in

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on 13 June 1767 into the prominent and wealthy

Arnim family The House of Arnim is the name of an ancient German noble family, originally from Altmark, part of the mediaeval March of Brandenburg. Members of the family occupied many important positions within Holy Roman Empire, Electorate of Saxony, Saxony, ...

. He was the only surviving child of Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1739–1801) and Baroness Freda Antoinette von Cramm (1747–1817). His father served as Chief Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1786 to 1798 under Kings Frederick William II (who raised him to a hereditary

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on 2 October 1786) and

Frederick William III Frederick William III (; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved. ...

. His maternal grandparents were Baron Franz Jakob von Cramm and Anna Magdalena Wilhelmine von Krosigk. His father was the only child of Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (son of

Georg Dietloff von Arnim-Boitzenburg Georg Dietloff von Arnim-Boitzenburg (18 September 1679 – 20 October 1753) was a Prussian statesman and senior minister under Frederick the Great. Early life Arnim was born on 18 September 1679 in Haus Necheln in the Uckermark (district), Uck ...

), and Anna Elisabeth von der Schulenburg (eldest daughter of Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg).

Career

From a long line of Prussian landowners, Arnim was admitted to the

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and served as chamberlain to King Frederick William II. He was a legation councilor before becoming Envoy in Dresden (to the

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) from 1792 to 1794 and in

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(to the

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Personal life

On 18 July 1795 Arnim was married to Georgine Charlotte Auguste ( von Wallmoden-Gimborn) von Lichtenstein (1770–1850), the divorced former wife of Baron , a German opera singer and composer. The eldest daughter of the

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field marshal and art collector

Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn Johann Ludwig Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (22 April 1736 – 10 October 1811) was a Hanoverian Army officer. Early life Wallmoden was an illegitimate son of George II of Great Britain by his mistress Amalie von Wallmoden. She was mar ...

and Charlotte Christiane Auguste Wilhelmine von Wangenheim, her father was an illegitimate son of King

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by his mistress

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. Among her siblings were brother Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, the Austrian General of Cavalry, and sister Wilhelmine Magdalene Friederike (wife of Baron

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom Stein Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany. He promoted the a ...

). Before their divorce in 1806, they were the parents of: * Count Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1796–1866), who married Sophie Amalie von Heister in 1829. * Countess Luise Charlotte von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1799–1808), who died young. * Countess Pauline Charlotte von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1801–1804), who died young. * Count

Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg Adolf Heinrich Graf von Arnim-Boitzenburg (10 April 1803 – 8 January 1868) was a German statesman. He served as the first Minister-President of Prussia for ten days during the Revolution of 1848. Early life Arnim was born in the Prussian ...

(1803–1868), the 1st

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(under King

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) who married Countess Anna Caroline von der Schulenburg, a daughter of Count Hans Günther Werner von der Schulenburg, in 1830. * Count Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (b. 1804), who died young. After their divorce, she married Louis Charles Henri, the Marquis le Marchant de Charmont, Captain of the Cuirassiers, in Nancy in 1824. Arnim died on 31 January 1812. His eldest son Friedrich Ludwig inherited Zichow and Kleinow estates in 1820 and acquired Blumberg in 1836 for 146,000

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Descendants

Through his son Adolf, he was a grandfather of politician

Adolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', mean ...

(1832–1887), governor of Silesia who was president of

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for a short time in 1880, and Marie von Arnim-Boitzenburg (wife of Karl Friedrich von Savigny).

References

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