Author Robert Pyrah has suggested the play, "Der Kanzler von Tirol", was popular despite its contentious political material due to the tragic romance developed between Biener and Archduchess consort of Austria Claudia de'Medici. Dr Hermann von Schmid wrote his novel "The Chancellor of Tyrol" on Wilhelm Biener. It has been suggested that this book contributed to the perception of Biener as hero. It has also been suggested that Biener was the basis for the character of Vilem in Karel Mácha's poem, "Máj".