Background
He was born at Retzin near Perleberg in West Prignitz, of the noble Gans zu Putlitz family.
He was born at Retzin near Perleberg in West Prignitz, of the noble Gans zu Putlitz family.
He studied law at Berlin and Heidelberg, and was attached to the provincial government at Magdeburg from 1846–1848.
In 1863, he became director of the Court Theatre at Schwerin. This post he left in 1867, was for a short time chamberlain to the crown prince of Prussia, afterwards the Emperor Frederick III, and from 1873 to 1889 successfully directed the Court theatre at Karlsruhe. He died at Retzien.