My pet theory is Willich is a good candidate for the father of the child Marx's maid had out of wedlock (if its not the obvious choice in Engels).
The timeline fits when he was a guest, Willich was also a womaniser and having a massive falling out where you blame the person for being too liberal over an interpersonal issue would be funny.
Anyone can have an affair, but Marx the weird intellectual covered in pustulant boils (hiradenitis suppurativa) who seemed to genuinely love Jenny his wife, seems unlikely compared to Engels (huge philanderer, charismatic, handsome) or any of the dozens of European exiles that drifted through their home. I believe they (or Engels) did look after the maid and her child financially.
My pet theory is Willich is a good candidate for the father of the child Marx's maid had out of wedlock (if its not the obvious choice in Engels).
The timeline fits when he was a guest, Willich was also a womaniser and having a massive falling out where you blame the person for being too liberal over an interpersonal issue would be funny.
I agree, doesn't really fit Marx, though an affair isn't out of the question I doubt he'd abandon a child at any cost
Anyone can have an affair, but Marx the weird intellectual covered in pustulant boils (hiradenitis suppurativa) who seemed to genuinely love Jenny his wife, seems unlikely compared to Engels (huge philanderer, charismatic, handsome) or any of the dozens of European exiles that drifted through their home. I believe they (or Engels) did look after the maid and her child financially.