Franz Ignaz von Holbein

Born in Zistersdorf, Holbein (Edler von Holbeinsberg) was supposed to devote himself to civil service, but followed his adventurous spirit and, earning his living by singing and playing the guitar, went around the world under the name "Fontano".

[1] In Fraustadt, he accepted engagements with Döbbelin's theatre company, later with the Hoftheater, became husband of Gräfin Lichtenau and took up residence in Breslau, where he composed among other things the play Fridolin after Schiller's Der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer.

The Bamberg guest performance took place from April 1 to 24, 1810, and in the autumn,Holbein actually took over the management of the theatre there and gave E. T. A. Hoffmann the post of music director.

[5] In 1841, he was appointed to the Hofburgtheater in the same position in Vienna, where he stayed until the end of 1849, at which time Heinrich Laube joined; in 1853, he also gave up the direction of the Hofoperntheater.

[7] From this marriage, three sons were born, all three of them serving as officers in the k. k. Austrian army, among them Franz von Holbein-Holbeinsberg [de].