De Witte family

De Witte
De Witte
Current region	Belgium and France
Place of origin	Antwerp, Belgium
Members	Wiktor de Witte, Adriaan de Witte, Jacob Antoon de Witte, Jean de Witte

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

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

^ ↑ 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.

[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.