Botho von Hülsen (10 December 1815 – 30 September 1886) was a theater manager of Royal Prussian plays and president of the Deutscher Bühnenverein.
[1] From there he was transferred to the 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers of the Prussian Army on 5 August 1833 as fähnrich holder and advanced to second lieutenant in February 1834.
[2] In March 1848, Hülsen took part in the barricade fights in Berlin and became an oberleutnant and regimental adjutant at the beginning of April.
In this politically difficult time (German revolutions of 1848-49), King Frederick William IV of Prussia appointed him Generalintendant of the court music.
With his farewell in May 1851 he was appointed Kammerherr and, as the successor of Karl Theodor von Küstner [de], at King Friedrich Wilhelm IV's request Generalintendanten der Königlichen Schauspiele zu Berlin (Konzerthaus Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden) and took up this office on 1 June.