Carl Borromäus von Miltitz (German: Karl Borromäus von Miltitz; 9 November 1781 – 19 January 1845) was a German composer, poet, and short story writer.
[1] He held a literary circle at his ancestral castle Schloss Scharfenberg for about six years from 1811,[2] with several leading writers of the time, including Novalis, Christian Gottfried Körner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Johann August Apel and E. T. A.
[3] He was also a patron of artists, several of whom were commissioned to paint the castle, such as Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, Thomas Fearnley, Johan Christian Clausen Dahl and Caspar David Friedrich.
[4] In 1823‚ he dined with American diplomat and writer Washington Irving in Dresden.
[5] Miltitz' brother Alexander was ambassador to Constantinople, and wrote a highly regarded book, The Manual of Consuls.