Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

Colmar von der Goltz
Colmar von der Goltz
	Colmar von der Goltz
Nickname(s)	Goltz Pasha
Born	12 August 1843; Adlig Bielkenfeld, Province of East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, today Ivanovka, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian Federation
Died	19 April 1916 (aged 72); Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
Allegiance	Prussia; German Empire; Ottoman Empire
Service/branch	Prussian Army
Years of service	1861–1911; 1914–1916
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall; Pasha
Battles/wars	Austro-Prussian War; Franco-Prussian War; World War I

Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr^[1] von der Goltz (12 August 1843 – 19 April 1916), also known as Goltz Pasha, was a Prussian field marshal and military writer.

^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Baron. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

[1] Regarding personal names: Freiherr was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Baron. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

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