[1] He also joined the moderate-liberal party during the reaction period and was appointed as a secretary to the Federal Central Commission in Frankfurt am Main.

[5] In 1862 he became Otto von Bismarck's successor (and rival) in Saint Petersburg,[6] staying for one year before again succeeding Bismarck in 1863 in Paris,[7] While in Russia, he was said to have maintained good relations with the liberal Viceroy of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duke Constantine (the second son of Nicholas I and his wife, Charlotte of Prussia).

[9] While Ambassador, he had to deal with the consequences of the Alvensleben Convention (which obliged Prussia to assist in the suppression of the Polish uprising).

[3] Much to the chagrin of Bismarck, Goltz was said to have maintained a secret correspondence with the influential Foreign Minister Baron Alexander von Schleinitz.

[1] Goltz, who never married, died on 24 June 1869 in Charlottenburg after undergoing tongue cancer surgery in Paris.