Heinrich von der Goltz (Lieutenant General)

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Karl Friedrich Heinrich Graf von der Goltz (born June 8, 1775 in Berlin , † October 13, 1822 in Paris ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and envoy .

Life

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origin

Karl came from the noble Goltz family . He was the son of Leopold Heinrich von der Goltz (1746-1816) and his wife Eleonore Juliane, born von Maltzahn († 1798). His father was a Prussian lieutenant general and on September 19, 1786 was elevated to the rank of Count of Prussia.

Military career

Goltz was employed in April 1787 as an Estandartenjunker in the hussar regiment of his uncle Johann Wilhelm von der Goltz . During the Rhine campaign in the First Coalition War , he participated in the battle near Kaiserslautern and the battles near Schwalm, Hasnon , Edesheim and Morsheim . Goltz was awarded second lieutenant on September 7, 1793 and on January 19, 1794 for his achievements with the order Pour le Mérite . In May 1803 Goltz became staff assistant master and adjutant to Lieutenant General Blücher . As such, he fought in the 1806 campaign in the battle of Jena and Auerstedt and was captured by the French near Lübeck . Goltz was replaced at the end of the year. After the Peace of Tilsit he briefly served as adjutant to General Field Marshal Kalckreuth before Goltz returned to Blücher on August 21, 1807. In the following year Goltz became adjutant to Prince Wilhelm , whom he accompanied to Paris to negotiate the Prussian contributions . He was then employed in the diplomatic service in November 1809 and appointed Prussian ambassador to the Bavarian court in Munich . However, Goltz remained an active officer .

At the beginning of the Wars of Liberation , Goltz returned to his field at Blücher's request and took over the management of the office at his headquarters as his adjutant. During the campaign of 1813/14 Goltz took an active part in the battles near Großgörschen , the Katzbach , Leipzig and La Rothière as well as Laon . He rose to major general and received for his achievements in addition to both classes of the Iron Cross on April 13, 1814 the oak leaves for Pour le Mérite. After the fall of Paris , Goltz was appointed commander of the city. He stayed there after the Prussian troops withdrew and was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the French court. As such, he had been given the task of looking after the sick members of the Prussian army who had stayed behind and was responsible for the repatriation of prisoners of war. After the Second Peace of Paris , Goltz became a real ambassador to France. The French King Louis XVIII. honored his achievement in July 1817 with the award of the Military Merit Order . On the occasion of his visit to Paris, Friedrich Wilhelm III. on August 19, 1817 the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class. He also promoted Goltz on March 30, 1818 to lieutenant general.

family

In 1807 he married Julie Freiin von Seckendorff (1786–1857) from the Abedar family. She was originally the maid of honor of Princess Marianne . The following children were born from the marriage:

The widow married Lieutenant General Karl Heinrich Stephan von Block in 1828 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 381, no. 868.
  2. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Preussisches Adels-Lexicon . Volume 2, Leipzig 1836, p. 264. Digitized
personal data
SURNAME Goltz, Heinrich von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goltz, Karl Friedrich Heinrich von der; Goltz, Karl Friedrich Heinrich Graf von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and envoy
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1822
Place of death Paris