Ferdinand Otto Wilhelm Henning von Westphalen (April 23, 1799 - July 2, 1876) German politician and the

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Life

Westphalen was born in Lubeck. He is the son of Ludwig von Westphalen and his first wife Elisabeth von Veltheim. He studied from 1816 to 1819 at the universities of Halle, Göttingen and Berlin. He held various administrative positions, including district administrator and government councilor. In 1850, he became the Prussian Interior Minister and also served as interim Minister for Agricultural Affairs at the suggestion of Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach. Westphalen restored Provincial Estates, despite constitutional concerns. His tenure saw opposition from Otto Theodor von Manteuffel. Upon Prince Wilhelm's regency, Westphalen left his ministerial role. Despite their political differences, he remained on amicable terms with the couple formed by the marriage of his half-sister Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx. He died in 1876 and was buried at

Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof (Alter Sankt-Matthäus-Kirchhof or Old St. Matthew's Churchyard) is a cemetery in Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany. It was established in 1856 by the Protestant parish of St. Matthew. It is known for its interment of the ...

Family

Edgar von Westphalen Edgar Gerhard Julius Oscar Ludwig von Westphalen (26 March 1819 – 30 September 1890) was a German writer, Communist politician and long time friend and the brother-in-law of Karl Marx. He was the son of Prussian baron Ludwig von Westphalen and ...

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Jenny von Westphalen Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny Edle von Westphalen (12 February 18142 December 1881) was a German theatre critic and political activist. She married the philosopher and political economist Karl Marx in 1843. Background Jenny von Westphalen was bor ...

, half-sister,

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 ...

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References

{{Authority control Agriculture ministers of Prussia Interior ministers of Prussia Von Westphalen family People from Lübeck Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni University of Göttingen alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 1799 births 1876 deaths