Theoretical expectations for high-mass X-ray binaries, supernova remnants, and their evolutionary paths: An overview talk for LIAC41: the eventful life of stellar multiples

In this invited talk at the 41st Liège International Astrophysical Colloquium on “The eventful life of massive star multiples”, I reviewed some aspects of our current understanding of neutron stars and black holes as end products of stellar evolution as well as the evolutionary paths leading to the formation of high-mass X-ray binaries.