De Witte family explained

De Witte
Crest:	Blason famille de Witte (Anvers).svg
Region:	Belgium and France
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 (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

• alias Adrien de Witte (1464–1549)
• 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

Notes and 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.