Carl Wilhelm von Heideck

Carl Wilhelm von[1] Heideck (Greek: Κάρολος φον Χέυδεκ, born in Sarralbe, Moselle, on 6 December 1788 – died in Munich on 21 February 1861) was a Bavarian military officer, a philhellene and painter.

Since 1805 he was in the Bavarian army, taking part in campaigns in Austria, Prussia and Tyrol, and then in Spain after 1810.

In 1814, with the rank of major, he accompanied the crown prince and future Ludwig I of Bavaria to the Congress of Vienna.

[2] In 1828, Ioannis Kapodistrias named him commander of Nafplion and a few months later military governor of Argos.

In 1832, when Otto the second son of Ludwig I of Bavaria was designated to become king of Greece, Heideck was nominated to the regency council.