Marx Family: Biography

Jenny von Westphalen

Jenny von Westphalen



Born: 1814

Died: 1881

Daughter of aristocracy. Wife of Karl Marx. Mother to seven children, via her marriage to Marx: Jenny, Laura, Edgar, Heinrich, Franziska, Eleanor and one last child who died before being named. Only Jenny, Laura and Eleanor survived into their teens.


Letters from Jenny Marx

Theatre Reviews by Jenny Marx


Frederick Engels Speech over the Grave of Jenny Marx