Wilhelm Bernhard von der Goltz

Wilhelm Bernhard, Count von der Goltz (6 October 1736 – 6 February 1795) was a German nobleman, Prussian officer and diplomat.

He was supposed to do so after the accession of Louis XVI ensure a weakening of Austrian influence at the French court.

[2] After Frederick William II ascended to the throne, in 1786, he was raised to the hereditary title of Count in Prussia and promoted to Generalmajor in 1791.

[3] After diplomatic relations with France were broken off during the French Revolution in 1792, von der Goltz returned to Prussia.

After his death, during the negotiations, Prince Karl August von Hardenberg concluded the Peace of Basel.