De Witte family

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De Witte
Blason famille de Witte (Anvers).svg
Current regionBelgium and France
Place of originAntwerp, Belgium
MembersWiktor de Witte, Adriaan de Witte, Jacob Antoon de Witte, Jean de Witte

de Witte is a noble family originating from the Belgian city of Antwerp.[1] During the 20th and 21st centuries, family members were mainly living in Belgium and France.[citation needed]

Originally they were probably members of the Hanseatic League.[citation needed]

The oldest known family ancestor is  [fr] (1464–1549), who was from 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[]

  •  [fr] alias Adrien de Witte (1464–1549)
  •  [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[]

  1. ^ ↑ 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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