Heinrich Carl Wilhelm Vitzthum von Eckstädt

His mother was his father's second wife, Auguste Erdmuthe (1738–1775), from the noble family of Ponickau [de].

Like most of his relatives, he embarked on an administrative career, in service to the House of Wettin, and was initially a private financial counselor at the Dresden Court.

This automatically made him Director of the Staatskapelle and the Staatstheaters [de], in Dresden and Leipzig.

In those positions, he is primarily known for the vigorous support he gave to the composer, Carl Maria von Weber who, at his urging, was named Kapellmeister in 1816.

[2] He also served as Director of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, until shortly before his death.