Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz (24 September 1835 – 7 January 1902) was a German writer. He was born in Stuttgart. His works include: Dramatische Märchenspiele (between 1847 and 1848), Lancelot und Ginerva (1860), Das Rolandslied (1861), Der Werwolf (1862), Marie de France (1862), Hugdietrichs Brautfahrt (epic from 1863), Aucassin und Nicolette (translation from 1865), Heinrich von Schwaben (epic from 1867), Gottfried von Straßburg (translation from 1877), Bruder Rausch (epic from 1882), Spielmannsbuch (translation from 1886), Am Grabe der Mutter, Ezzelin (presumed lost), and Geist der Jugend from Album für Deutschlands Töchter.