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, Saxony, Prussia, German Empire and the German Reich.
They are one of the oldest extant Prussian noble families, being first attested to in 1204. On 2 October 1786, one branch of the family was raised to the title of Count in Prussia by King Frederick William II, while a second branch was raised to the same title in 1870 by King William I of Prussia. [1] The Count von Arnim-Boitzenburg was one of the hereditary members of the Prussian House of Lords from 1852-1918, when it was dissolved. [2] Numerous branches of the family still exist today. Perhaps the most famous member of the family was the novelist, Countess Elizabeth von Arnim-Schlagenthin.
The office of Minister-President, or Prime Minister, of Prussia existed from 1848, when it was formed by King Frederick William IV during the 1848–49 Revolution, until the abolition of Prussia in 1947 by the Allied Control Council.
The Order of the Black Eagle was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg. In his Dutch exile after World War I, deposed Emperor Wilhelm II continued to award the order to his family. He made his second wife, Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz, a Lady in the Order of the Black Eagle.
The Blumenthal family is a Lutheran and Roman Catholic German noble family, originally from Brandenburg-Prussia. Other (unrelated) families of this name exist in Switzerland and formerly in Russia, and many unrelated families called Blumenthal, without "von", are to be found worldwide.
The House Order of Hohenzollern was a dynastic order of knighthood of the House of Hohenzollern awarded to military commissioned officers and civilians of comparable status. Associated with the various versions of the order were crosses and medals which could be awarded to lower-ranking soldiers and civilians.
Adolf Heinrich Graf von Arnim-Boitzenburg was a German statesman. He served as the first Minister-President of Prussia for ten days during the Revolution of 1848.
Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin was a German general who participated in the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War. In the latter he participated in many battles on the Western Front, including the Battles of Passchendaele and the Lys.
Boitzenburger Land is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
The House of Finck von Finckenstein is a noble family classified as Uradel. It is one of the oldest Prussian aristocratic families extant, dating back to the 12th century in the Duchy of Carinthia.
Arnim is a German surname, often preceded by the nobiliary particle "von", meaning "of". Notable people with the surname include:
Heinrich Alexandervon Arnim(-Suckow) was a Prussian statesman.
The House of Hatzfeld, also spelled House of Hatzfeldt, is the name of an ancient and influential German noble family, whose members played important roles in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia and Austria.
Heinrich Friedrich Graf von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow was a Prussian statesman.
Harry Karl Kurt Eduard, Count von Arnim-Suckow was a German diplomat.
The House of Wedel is an old and distinguished German noble family, from Stormarn in what is now Schleswig-Holstein. The family members held the title of Prince, Count and Baron.
Count Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg was a Prussian Lieutenant General and confidant of King Frederick William I who fell in the Battle of Mollwitz during the First Silesian War.
Georg Dietloff von Arnim-Boitzenburg was a Prussian statesman and senior minister under Frederick the Great.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg was a Prussian civil servant and Minister of War.
Friedrich Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg, was a Prussian politician and diplomat who served as Envoy to Saxony and Denmark).
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