Ludwig von Westphalen
Ludwig von Westphalen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 July 1770 |
| Died | 3 March 1842 (aged 71) |
| Education | Collegium Carolinum |
| Occupation(s) | Government official, aristocrat |
| Title | Edler |
| Spouses | Elisabeth von Veltheim
(m. 1797; died 1807)Karoline Heubel (m. 1812) |
| Children | 7, including: Ferdinand von Westphalen Edgar von Westphalen Jenny von Westphalen |
| Parent | Philip von Westphalen |
| Relatives | Karl Marx (son-in-law) |
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
Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick for his military services.[1][2][3][4][5] He had served as the duke's de facto "chief of staff" during the Seven Years' War.[6][7] Through his mother, Jane Wishart of Pittarrow, he was the descendant of many Scottish and European noble families.[8]
He received extensive education and spoke German and English, and read Latin, Greek, Italian, French and Spanish.Braunschweig University of Technology, and at Göttingen.
Career
In 1794, he entered government's service in
Duchy of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Wolfenbüttel)
.
With the establishment of the Napoleonic state in
Personal life
It was in Trier that he met and befriended
Saint-Simon.[7] Marx dedicated his doctoral thesis "The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature" written in 1841 to Ludwig in a most effusive manner in which Marx wrote "You, my fatherly friend, have always been for me the living proof that idealism is no illusion, but the true reality"[9][7]
In 1842, Marx was present at the deathbed of Ludwig von Westphalen. Jenny and Karl became married in 1843, a year after Ludwig's death.
He was the father of Ferdinand von Westphalen, a conservative and reactionary Prussian Minister of the Interior.[7]
Death
He died on 3 March 1842 in Trier.
References
- ISBN 978-1-945430-66-4.
- ISBN 978-1-4464-4927-1.
- ^ "Internet-Portal 'Westfälische Geschichte'". 25 March 2014.
- ^ von Westphalen, Christian Heinrich Philipp Edler von (1859–1872). Geschichte der Feldzüge des Herzogs Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Verlag der königlichen geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. Decker).
- ISBN 978-3-86489-697-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-31333-9. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Boris I Nicolaevsky; Otto Maenchen-Helfen (1973). Karl Marx: man and fighter. Taylor & Francis. pp. 22–27. GGKEY:JH1D3TU7F5Q. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain, p. 617.
- ^ McLellan, David. Karl Marx A Biography. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 12–13.
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