Émile van Dievoet
Émile van Dievoet | |
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Born | 10 June 1886 Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine |
Died | 24 June 1967 Leuven |
Occupation(s) | lawyer, politician |
Title | Baron |
Josse-Émile van Dievoet (/ˈdiːvʊt/; Dutch: Emiel; 10 June 1886 - 24 June 1967) was a Flemish politician and lawyer. He served as Belgian Minister of Justice.
He was a doctor of law and of political and social sciences. He was also an honorary doctor of Utrecht University and Radboud University Nijmegen.
Career
He was a lawyer at the Leuven Bar and a professor at KU Leuven. He also had a political career campaigning for the use of the Dutch language in Belgium.
He was Minister of Justice and of Agriculture.
He was a member of the Catholic Party.
Political fights
He fought mainly for the "dutchification" of the Law in Belgium and against the natural expansion of Brussels. He was against the incorporation of Haren to Brussels.[1]
Family
Émile van Dievoet is the father of:
- Jonkheer Guido van Dievoet (nl), born 12 October 1924, professor at KU Leuven, law historian.
- Jonkheer Walter van Dievoet (nl), born 24 June 1931, expert on goldsmithing.
Flemish cinematographer Valérie Baeyens, is a great grand daughter of baron van Dievoet.
Genealogy
I. Pierre Van Dievoet, baptized in Haren on December 23, 1658, may be identified [2] with Pierre Van Dievoet who married in Brussels, Sainte-Catherine church on 1 April 1679 (tt Antonius Van Dievoet and Joannes De Bontriddere), 'Maria Boxius' or 'Boecsius',[3] baptized in Okegem on 23 March 1655, died in Liedekerke in 1733. They had the following children baptized in Liedekerke (Saint-Nicolas church) :
- 1) Jean Dievoet, January 20, 1680.
- 1) Marguerite Van Dievoet, September 19, 1682, died in 1770, married in 1716 Josse Costens.
- 2) Guillaume (Willem) Dievoet, October 11, 1684.
- 3) François (Frans) Van Dievoet, March 2, 1687, follows under II.
- 4) Gilles (Egidius) Dievoet, August 20, 1689.
- 5) Anne Van Dievoet, October 14, 1690
- 6) Christian Dievoet, February 3, 1694.
II. François Van Dievoet, baptized in Liedekerke (Saint-Nicolas church) on March 2, 1687, burial in Wambeek on March 13, 1743, married in Wambeek (Saint Rémy church) on 15 February 1711, Barbe Trullemans, burial in Wambeek on February 17, 1771. They had the following children all born in Wambeek and baptized in the Saint Rémy church:
- 1) Pierre Van Dievoet, November 29, 1711.
- 2) Marie Van Dievoet, March 18, 1713.
- 3) André Van Dievoet, 1 December 1714.
- 4) Gertrude Van Dievoet, February 27, 1717.
- 5) Frans Van Dievoet, April 30, 1718.
- 6) Josse Van Dievoet, September 21, 1721, follows under III.
- 7) Marie Van Dievoet, September 4, 1723.
III. Josse Van Divoet, baptized on September 21, 1721 in Wambeek (Saint Rémy church), married on August 22, 1746 in Ternat (Saint Gertrude church) Marie Sergonie. They had the following children born in Ternat and baptized in the church of Saint Gertrude.
- 1) Barbe (Barbara) Van Dievoet, May 13, 1749.
- 2) Josse (Van) Dievoet, August 8, 1752, follows under IV.
- 3) Jacques Van Dievoet, February 8, 1754, follows under BRANCH IV bis.
- 4) Petronille Van Dievoet, December 21, 1755.
- 5) Jean-Baptiste Van Dievoet, January 6, 1758.
IV. Josse Van Dievoet, born in Ternat [4] on August 8, 1752 and died there on May 7, 1795, married May 30, 1778 in Ternat (tt. Petrus Cornelius Platteau and Josse Van Divoet), Petronille Leemans, baptized in Lennik-Saint-Martin (Saint Martin church) on April 6, 1745 (ss. Guillelmus De Vogel and Petronilla Nils), daughter of Pierre Leemans and Jeanne Heijlens, and died in Ternat November 17, 1808.
- 1) Jeanne Van Dievoet, farmer, born March 4, 1779 in Ternat, wed in a 1st marriage Jean Baptiste Renders, son of Michel Renders and Maria Van den Eynde, died on January 5, 1816 in Lombeek-Notre-Dame, and in a second marriage, on February 5, 1817 in Lombeek-Notre-Dame, Jean Baptiste Giets, servant, born April 19, 1792 in Lennik-Saint-Quentin, son of Jean Gits, farmer, born in 1759 and Philippine Pannis (1752-1823).
- 2) Joanna Catharina Van Divoet or Vandievoet, landbouwster (farmer), servant, born October 29, 1780 in Ternat, Brabant, died after 1831, married on 21 November 1804 in Ternat with Pierre Antoine Vanderheyden,[5] " landbouwer (farmer), servant, born February 13, 1783 in Ternat, Brabant, died after 1831, son of Judocus Vanderheyden, farmer, and Anna Maria Vandecruys
- 3) Joannes Baptist Van Dievoet, born January 26, 1783 in Ternat. Follows under V.
V. Joannes Baptista Van Dievoet, farmer, born January 26, 1783 in Ternat married in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on April 11, 1803, Catherine Rogiers, born November 29, 1768 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine, daughter of Philippe Rogiers and Jeanne Marie Van Ransbeeck
VI. Jan Van Dievoet born in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on October 20, 1806 died on November 21, 1852 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine x 'Anna Catharina De Smet', landbouwster ( farmer), died July 9, 1884, who remarried with Daniel Schets, hoefsmid (farrier), daughter of Guilielmus De Smet and Joanna Waterkeyn.
- 1) Antoine Van Dievoet, which follows under III.
- 2) Petrus Josephus Van Dievoet, landbouwer (farmer), born November 12, 1850 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine, x Asse July 14, 1886 Joanna Metsler, landbouwster (farmer), daughter of Joannes Baptista Metsler, landbouwer (farmer) residing in Asse and Joanna Catharina De Smedt, landbouwster (farmer).
VII. Antoine Van Dievoet, hoefsmid (blacksmith), born in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine x in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on January 21, 1880, Coleta Eylenbosch,' herbergiester, widow of Carolus Ludovicus De Paduwa (February 12, 1848 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine and died there at the age of thirty on May 23, 1879), born in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on April 13, 1850 Joannes Eylenbosch, deceased in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine and Joanna Catharina Verhulst; granddaughter of Cornelis Eylenbosch and Anna Maria Jans as well as Martinus Franciscus Verhulst and Maria Anna Ceuppens. Carolus Ludovicus De Paduwa is the brother of Father Jean De Paduwa, born in Wambeek on January 29, 1837 and died on July 20, 1906, parish priest at Eglise Saint- Vincent of Evere, under the impetus of which was built the Saint-Joseph church in Evere and which gave its name to the place Jean De Paduwa in Evere.
VIII. Baron Émile van Dievoet, Minister of Justice, born June 10, 1886 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine and died June 24, 1967 in Louvain. Doctor of law and doctor of political and social sciences, he is also doctor honoris causa of the universities of Utrecht and Nijmegen.
Title and arms
He was ennobled on 17 March 1967 by King Baudouin with the title of Baron.
He officially obtained hereditary nobility and personal title of Baron on 30 April 1968, after his death.
All his descendants of the same name are titled Jonkheer/Jonkvrouw .
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See also
- Van Dievoet family, a different family of the same name.
- Dievoet
- Dievoort
- List of Belgian family mottos
Bibliography
- Cahiers d'histoire du temps présent = Bijdragen tot de eigentijdse geschiedenis, du Centre d'études et de documentation "Guerre et sociétés contemporaines" (Belgium, Centre d'études guerres et sociétés contemporaines, Publié par Centre d'études guerres et sociétés contemporaines, 2004, p. 127, 131, 132.
- Encyclopedie van het Vlaamse Beweging, I, Tielt-Utrecht, 1973, 421-422 (avec bibliographie).
- Winkler Prins Encyclopedie van Vlaanderen, II, Bruxelles, 1973, p. 304-305 (concerne le baron Émile et le Jonkheer Guido van Dievoet).
- De Grote Oosthoek, Encyclopedie en Woordenboek, 7e édition, VI, 's-Gravenhage, 1977, 86.
- État présent de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique, par Oscar Coomans de Brachène et alii, Bruxelles, 1987, p. 361-362.
- L'État présent de la noblesse belge : annuaire de 2005. Seconde partie, par le Comte Humbert de Marnix de Sainte Aldegonde, et alii.
- Intermédiaire des généalogistes, famille originaire de Ternat, 1977, 232.
- Fernand Baudhuin, L'économie belge sous l'occupation, 1940-1944, p.366.
- Robert Capelle, Au service du roi: 1940-1945, éd. C. Dessart, 1949, p.117, 277, 318.
- F. Collin, "Prof. E. Van Dievoet", dans Onze Alma mater, II, 1948, No. 3.
- Alain Dantoing, La "Collaboration" du cardinal: L'Église de Belgique dans la Guerre 40-45, 1991, page 371.
- Henri Grégoire et Oscar Grojean, dans, Le Flambeau: revue belge des questions politiques et littéraires, vol. 11 pt.3 1928: "Il y a le projet de la commission ou projet Van Dievoet. M. Van Dievoet, suivi par la majorité de la commission, éteint la peine pour tous les condamnés y compris Borms
- Carl-Henrik Höjer, Le régime parlementaire belge de 1918 à 1940, 1946, p. 288. ("M. Spaak avait élargi la base linguistique de son gouvernement en y appelant deux extrémistes: le flamingant van Dievoet, etc.").
- J.Marijnen, "Nieuwe tendenties in het Vlaamsche Rechtsleven", dans, Het vlaamsche Land, 1er juillet 1943.
- Pierre Stéphany, La Flandre aux Flamands, Bruxelles, 2008, 2007.
- Georges van Hecke, Notes pour servir à l'histoire du barreau de cassation, Bruxelles, 1979, p.42.
- Leen van Molle, Chacun pour tous: le Boerenbond Belge, 1890-1990, 1990, p.318
- P. Van Molle, Le Parlement belge 1894-1969, Ledeberg, 1969, 349-350 (avec bibliographie).
- Baronne Els Witte, De Brusselse negentien gemeenten en het Brussels model, Bruxelles, 2003, p. 49: " (Emiel) Van Dievoet vreesde duidelijk dat de Vlaams-katholieke identiteit van de bevolking door de inlijving bij Brussel in de verdrukking zou komen": " Émile Van Dievoet craignait clairement que l'identité catholico-flamande de la population (de Haeren) soit soumise à pression après l'incorporation à Bruxelles"
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- ^ Baroness Els Witte, De Brusselse negentien gemeenten en het Brussels model, Brussels, 2003, p.49: "(Emiel) Van Dievoet vreesde duidelijk dat de Vlaams-katholieke identiteit van de bevolking door de inlijving bij Brussel in de verdrukking zou komen": " Émile Van Dievoet craignait clairement que l'identité catholico-flamande de la population (de Haren) soit soumise à pression après l'incorporation à Bruxelles"
- ^ Pierre Van Dievoet, baptized in Haren on December 23, 1658, is the son of Jean Van Dievoet, baptized in Haren on July 6, 1615 and of Catherine Smets, and the grandson of Egidius Van Dievoet, residing in Haren, and of Elisabeth Smets. From this marriage were born ten children, a girl and nine boys, who were born. If this hypothesis is confirmed, the family of Baron van Dievoet dates back to 1601. See: Van Dievoet family in Haeren
- ^ See: htm Stamboomonderzoek Vervloet en Van den Broeck.
- ^ Ternat, Sainte Gertrude church: " die 8 aug: (1752) baptizatus est judocus filius legitimus judoci dievoet et mariae sergonie, susceperunt judocus de mol et joanna sergonie ".
- ^ See: Deed passed before the notary Vanderstraeten in Ternat and registered in Asse on 1 Frimaire Year XIII (November 22, 1804), where Pétronille Leemans gives his consent to the marriage of his daughter Anne Catherine with Pierre Antoine Vanderheyden.