Wilhelm Grothe (5 October 1830 – 13 February 1892) was a German writer, actor and publishing bookseller.
[2] His Cesare Borgia as representative of the Panitalia idea in The Duke of Valentinois was allusive with regard to German conditions in the 1860s.
In 1864 the novel Ein Dämon and the saga Schildhorn und Teufelssee appeared, in 1865 Onkel Dickchen came out, in 1866 the comic novel Komödiantenstreiche.
In 1876, he published Children of Happiness, in 1877 Belladonna, followed in 1878 by The Rebel's Sword or The Rose of Geyersberg or Knightly Pride and Peasant Servitude.
Der Bürgermeister von Marienburg came out, in 1881 Unter dem geflügelten Löwen, in 1882 his historical novel Russische Rebellen was published.
In 1883, Grothe's libretto to the opera Sangeskönig Hiarne [de] und Das Tyrsingschwert was printed in Munich.