 In 1711 Dohna was the Prussian envoy at the election of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and was promoted General of Infantry by Frederick I of Prussia in 1713.Dohna became the "Amtshauptmann" of Prussian Holland and took part in the Siege of Stralsund in 1715.He retired on 10 February 1716 and returned to his estates in East Prussia.