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Edgar von Westphalen

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Name
  
Edgar Westphalen

Role
  
Politician


Died
  
1890

Parents
  
Ludwig von Westphalen

Edgar von Westphalen

Grandparents
  
Christian Philip Heinrich von Westphalen

Edgar Gerhard Julius Oscar Ludwig von Westphalen (26 March 1819 – 30 September 1890) was a German writer, Communist politician and the brother-in-law of Karl Marx. He was the son of Prussian baron Ludwig von Westphalen and his second wife Caroline Heubel. Heubel was also the mother of sister Jenny who married Karl Marx. Edgar had a step-brother Ferdinand from his father's first marriage. The Westphalen and Marx families were neighbors in Trier, with Karl and Edgar being friends and schoolmates.

During the Adelsverein sponsored German immigration to Texas, Edgar von Westphalen was one of the early immigrants to the Latin settlement of Sisterdale.

Works

  • Aus Havelland. Gedichte. Gensch, Berlin 1883.
  • Armin, der Cheruskerfürst. Gensch, Berlin 1883.
  • Der Bataveraufstand. Gensch, Berlin 1883.
  • Aus Havelland. Gedichte. 2. Auflage. Gensch, Berlin 1884.

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