Edgar Gerhard Julius Oscar Ludwig von Westphalen (26 March 1819 – 30 September 1890) was a German writer,

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politician and long time friend and the brother-in-law of

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

. He was the son of Prussian baron

Ludwig von Westphalen Johann Ludwig von Westphalen (11 July 1770 – 3 March 1842) was a liberal Prussian civil servant and the father-in-law of Karl Marx. Biography Early life Johann Ludwig von Westphalen was born on 11 July 1770 in Bornum am Elm. He was the younge ...

and his second wife Caroline Heubel. Heubel was also the mother of

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who married Karl Marx. Edgar had a half-brother

Ferdinand Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

from his father's first marriage. The Westphalen and Marx families were neighbors in

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, with Karl and Edgar being friends and schoolmates. During the

Adelsverein The ''Mainzer Adelsverein at Biebrich am Rhein'' (''Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas'', "Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas"), better known as the ''Mainzer Adelsverein'' (, "Nobility Society of Mainz"), orga ...

sponsored German immigration to Texas, Edgar von Westphalen was one of the early immigrants to the

Latin settlement A Latin settlement (German: ''Lateinische Kolonie'') is a community founded by German immigrants to the United States in the 1840s. Most of these were in Texas, but there were "Latin Settlements" in other states as well. These German intellectuals, ...

of Sisterdale. Westphalen was an early member of the

Communist Correspondence Committee The Communist Correspondence Committee (German: Kommunistisches Korrespondenz-Komitee) was an association of communists founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels with committees in Brussels, London, Cologne and Paris with the aim of politically and ...

's Brussels' circle and later one of the founding members of the

Communist League The Communist League (German: ''Bund der Kommunisten)'' was an international political party established on 1 June 1847 in London, England. The organisation was formed through the merger of the League of the Just, headed by Karl Schapper, and the ...

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Westphalen, Edgar von 1819 births 1890 deaths German emigrants to the Republic of Texas German emigrants to the United States German-American culture in Texas German-American history People from the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine