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De Witte family

De Witte family

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The de Witte family is a Belgian noble family originating from the city of Antwerp.[1]

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History

Originally, it is believed that they were members of the Hanseatic League. The oldest known family ancestor is Adriaan de Witte [fr] (1464–1549), who was from Buerstede near Antwerp. A 1544 portrait of him, painted by a student of Hans Holbein the Younger, is exhibited in the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede.

Some members

  • Adriaan de Witte [fr] alias Adrien de Witte (1464–1549)
  • Jacob Antoon de Witte [fr] alias Jacques-Antoine de Witte (1629–1688)
  • Jean de Witte (1808–1889) - an archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist
  • Gaston-François de Witte (1897–1980) - an herpetologist

References

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    ↑ Oscar Coomans de Brachène, État présent de la noblesse Belge, Annuaire de 1983, seconde partie, Wi - Zu, Collection "ETAT PRESENT" a. s. b. l., 1983.
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