Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim (Major)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim (born July 18, 1715 in Tornow , † before May 4, 1761) was a Prussian major .

Life

origin

Friedrich Wilhelm was a member of the von Arnim noble family from Uckermark . His parents were the Prussian lieutenant colonel and heir to Götschendorf , Neu Hohenwalde and Bernsdorf near Petznick , Berndt Ludwig von Arnim (1681–1748) and his wife Marie Ilse, née von Holtzendorff (1692–1775) from the Tornow family.

Career

King Friedrich Wilhelm I was Arnim's godfather . He joined the Prussian Army and served his way up to captain in Infantry Regiment No. 7 . In 1757 he was chief of a Neumark land battalion. After the battle of Kunersdorf , he and his men were taken prisoner by the Russians while they were in retreat near Küstrin . He received his departure as a major.

Arnim was lord of Neu Hohenwalde (sold in 1748) and Ziegelwerder in Neumark.

family

Arnim married Henriette von Strantz (1743–1807) from the Petershagen house in 1760 . The marriage resulted in a posthumously born son, who however died on May 4, 1761, shortly after the father.

literature

Jasper von Arnim, Jochen von Arnim u. a .: The family of Arnim. V part of family tables. (= German family archives . Band 137-140), Degener & Co. , Neustadt / Aisch 2002, Tfl. 41, ISBN 3-7686-5178-9 , ISSN 0012-1266 .
Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 85 ( Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim at Wikisource [PDF]).
Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Life and government history of Friedrich the other king in Prussia. Part 2, Bohemia 1788, p. 525, FN 977.

Individual evidence

↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses . Justus Perthes , fourth year, Gotha 1903, p. 31.

personal data
SURNAME	Arnim, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tornow
DATE OF DEATH	before May 4, 1761

[1] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses . Justus Perthes , fourth year, Gotha 1903, p. 31.