De Witte family
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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 Adriaan de Witte (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 alias Adrien de Witte (1464–1549)
- Jacob Antoon de Witte 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
- ^ ↑ 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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