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Main page Johann Ludwig von Westphalen (11 July 1770 – 3 March 1842)
Ludwig von Westphalen
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Special pages Johann Ludwig von Westphalen was born on 11 July 1770 in Bornum am Elm. He was the youngest son of
Permanent link Philipp von Westphalen (1724–92) who himself was the son of a Blankenburg postmaster that had been ennobled
Page information in 1764 Edler von Westphalen by Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick for his military services.[1][2][3][4][5] He had served
Cite this page as the duke's de facto "chief of staff" during the Seven Years' War.[6][7] Through his mother, Jane Wishart of
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Print/export He received extensive education and spoke German and English, and read Latin, Greek, Italian, French and
Download as PDF Spanish.[7] He studied at the Collegium Carolinum, the forerunner of today's Braunschweig University of
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Español In 1794, he entered government's service in Brunswick.[6] In 1797 he married Elisabeth von Veltheim, who bore
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Edit links With the establishment of the Napoleonic state in Westphalia (the Kingdom of Westphalia) in 1807, he entered its
service.[6] He was likely motivated in this by a desire to see reforms carried out. [6][7] He did, however, oppose the
French dominance of the local government, and other policies, and for his critique he was eventually arrested by
orders from Louis-Nicolas Davout and imprisoned in the fortress of Gifhorn.[6][7] In the same year, he lost his first
wife.[7] In the summer of 1809 Louis was appointed sub-prefect of Salzwedel, where three years later in 1812 he
married Karoline Heubel; they would have three children.[7] After Salzwedel was again under Prussian
administration, in 1816 Ludwig von Westphalen was transferred to the newly established regional government in
Trier.[6]

Personal life [edit]

It was in Trier that he met and befriended Heinrich Marx, the father of Karl Marx.[7] The children of the respective
families, in particular Jenny and Edgar von Westphalen, and Sophie and Karl Marx, became close friends as
well.[7] In 1836, Jenny von Westphalen and Karl Marx became engaged; at first secretly but Ludwig approved the
marriage in 1837, even though some saw Marx, who was both middle class and younger than her, as well as of
Jewish descent, as an inappropriate partner for the noble daughter.[6] In fact, Ludwig was seen as the mentor and
role model of Karl Marx, who referred to him as a "dear fatherly friend".[6] Ludwig filled Marx with enthusiasm for
the romantic school and read him Homer and Shakespeare, who remained Marx's favorite authors all his life.
Marx also read Voltaire and Racine with Ludwig. Ludwig devoted much of his time to the young Marx and the two
went for intellectual walks through "the hills and woods" of the neighbourhood. It was Ludwig who first introduced
Marx to the personality and socialist teachings of 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 [de], a conservative and reactionary Prussian Minister of the
Interior.[7]

Death [edit]

He died on 3 March 1842 in Trier.

References [edit]

1. ^ Hotham-Thompson, Charles (2018). Operations of the Allied Army Under the Duke of Brunswick: 1757 - 1766 .
Winged Hussar. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-945430-66-4.
2. ^ McLynn, Frank (2005). 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World . Random House. ISBN 978-1-
4464-4927-1.
3. ^ "Internet-Portal 'Westfälische Geschichte' " . 25 March 2014.
4. ^ Geschichte der Feldzüge des Herzogs Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Lüneberg . Verlag der königlichen
geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. Decker).
5. ^ Gietinger, Klaus (2018). Karl Marx, die Liebe und das Kapital . Westend Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86489-697-2.
6. ^ a bc de fgh Franz Mehring (24 September 2003). Karl Marx: The Story of His Life . Psychology Press. pp. 7–8.
ISBN 978-0-415-31333-9. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
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7. ^ Boris I Nicolaevsky; Otto Maenchen-Helfen (1973). Karl Marx: man and fighter . Taylor &
Francis. pp. 22–27. GGKEY:JH1D3TU7F5Q. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
8. ^ Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain , p. 617
9. ^ McLellan, David. Karl Marx A Biography. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 12–13.

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