Edgar von Westphalen

Communist politician, early Texas settler (1819–1890)

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Edgar Gerhard Julius Oscar Ludwig von Westphalen (26 March 1819 – 30 September 1890) was a German writer and Communist politician, who was also a long-time friend and 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 Jenny who married Karl Marx. Edgar had a half-brother Ferdinand from his father's first marriage.^[1] The Westphalen and Marx families were neighbors in Trier, with Karl and Edgar being friends and schoolmates.^[2]

During the Adelsverein-sponsored German immigration to Texas, Edgar von Westphalen was one of the early immigrants to the Latin settlement of Sisterdale.^[3]

Westphalen was an early member of the Communist Correspondence Committee's Brussels' circle and later one of the founding members of the Communist League.^[4]

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

^ Manuel, Frank E. (1997). A Requiem for Karl Marx. Harvard University Press. pp. 27–34. ISBN 978-0-674-76327-2.
^ Wilson, Edmund; Menand, Louis (2003). To the Finland Station: A Study in the Writing and Acting of History. NYRB Classics. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-1-59017-033-5.
^ Conzen, Michael P.; Haarmann, Viola; Murphy, Alexander B. (2000). "The Clash of Utopias:Sisterdale and the Six-Sided Struggle for the Texas Hill Country". Cultural Encounters with the Environment Enduring and Evolving Geographic Themes. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 39–45. ISBN 978-0-7425-0106-5.
^ Heinrich Gemkow: Edgar von Westphalen. The unusual life path of Karl Marx's brother-in-law . In: Yearbook for West German State History .