Van Dievoet family | |
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Current region | Belgium |
Etymology | Sacred ford (See: Dievoort) |
Place of origin | Duchy of Brabant |
Founded | 17th century[3] |
Founder | Gillis van Dievoet |
Traditions | Christianity[4] |
Motto | Pes meus in directo. |
Estate(s) | Château du Moisnil |
Branches | Vandive |
The Van Dievoet family (/ˈdiːvʊt/) is a Belgian family originating from the Duchy of Brabant.[5] It descends from the Seven Lineages of Brussels[6] and its members have been bourgeois (freemen) of that city since the 1600s.[7] It formed, at the end of the 17th century, a now extinct Parisian branch which used the name Vandive.[8]
This family descends from Gillis van Dievoet[9] (d. before 1672), bourgeois of Brussels, who wed, in a first marriage on 13 November 1650, in the Chapel Church,[10] Catharina Slachmeulder.[11] And, in a second marriage on 31 July 1660, in Saint Gudula,[12] Gertrudis Zeevaert.[2]
The Brussels branch is the only extant branch of the Van Dievoet family. It has produced notable merchants, artists, architects, athletes, and executives, as well as prominent judges, lawyers and law historians.[13]
Main article: Vandive family |
The Parisian branch of the family,[8] which used the name Vandive, descends from Philippe and produced notable goldsmiths and councillors to the Kings of France as well as a notable printer. It became extinct in 1802.
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