Georg Dietloff von Arnim

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 into the Prussian noble von Arnim family. He was the son of Euphemia von Blankenburg (1644–1712) and Jakob Dietlof von Arnim (1645–1689), a Brandenburg Colonel in the cavalry and Major General. Among his siblings were Jacob Vivigenz von Arnim (married to Philippine Elisabeth von Arnim), Hans Abraham von Arnim (married to Christiane Rosamude von der Asseburg), and Barbara Sabine von Arnim (wife of Karl Friedrich von Schlippenbach).

His paternal grandparents were Georg Wilhelm von Arnim and Barbara Sabine von Hohendorf. The Brandenburg Field Marshal Georg Abraham von Arnim was his uncle.

He attended the University of Königsberg in 1688, before he turned nine years old, then transferring to the University of Halle, where he studied until 1699. He then traveled through Germany, the Netherlands, France and Italy as part of his Grand Tour. Together, they had ten children, including:

Charlotte Karoline Ernestine von Arnim (1710–1779), who married Hans Bogislav von Schwerin, son of Ulrich von Schwerin, Lord of Löwitz. Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1712–1761), who married Anna Elisabeth von der Schulenburg, eldest daughter of Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg, in 1738. Juliana Sophia von Arnim (1716–1721), who died young. Euphemia von Arnim (1717–1718), who died young. Hans Jürgen von Arnim (1720–1723), who died young. Christiana Helena von Arnim (1722–1729), who died young.

Arnim died on 20 October 1753 in Berlin and was buried in the St. Mary's Church in Boitzenburg, where a tomb commemorates him.