Facts: - battles: boxer rebellion - death date: 21 august 1956 - allegiance: german empire imperial germany - commands: tsingtau mowe 2 - rank: fregattenkapitan - awards: pour order of st. henry military merit order -lrb- wurttemberg -rrb- le military karl-friedrich merit order merite military order of max joseph military - birth date: 5 april 1879 - serviceyears: 1896-1919 - name: nikolaus zu dohna-schlodien - branch: german empire - image: zudohna.jpg - death place: baierbach , west germany - birth place: mallmitz , province of silesia , imperial germany Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nikolaus zu dohna-schlodien .
nikolaus burggraf und graf zu dohna-schlodien -lrb- 5 april 1879 -- 21 august 1956 -rrb- was a german naval officer and author .