# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-von-westphalen
# Generated: 2026-09-01T11:40:05.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-von-westphalen"
name: "Edgar von Westphalen"
slug: "edgar-von-westphalen"
description: "Edgar Gerhard Julius Oscar Ludwig von Westphalen 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 Marx 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."
tagline: "Communist politician, early Texas settler (1819–1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar-Westphalen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1819-03-26"
deathDate: "1890-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.12
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.488410666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_von_Westphalen"
    title: "Edgar von Westphalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ادجار فون بويستفالين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_von_Westphalen"
    title: "Edgar von Westphalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%83%E5%BE%B7%E5%8A%A0%C2%B7%E5%86%AF%C2%B7%E5%A8%81%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%E5%8D%8E%E4%BC%A6"
    title: "埃德加·冯·威斯特华伦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_von_Westphalen"
    title: "Edgar von Westphalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Freiherr_von_Westphalen"
    title: "Edgar Freiherr von Westphalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216277"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump