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Communist politician, early Texas settler
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Gerhard Oscar Ludwig Edgar von Westphalen
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Trier, Germany
Death
30 September 1890 (aged 71 years)
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Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
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71 years
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Edgar Gerhard Julius Oscar Ludwig von Westphalen (26 March 1819 – 30 September 1890) was a German writer, Communist politician andthe 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 half-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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