Peter Vanden Gheyn Explained

Peter Vanden Gheyn (Period Dutch; Flemish: Peeter Vanden Gheÿn|link=no or Dutch; Flemish: Ghein) may refer to any of several members of a noted family of bellfounders in the Spanish Netherlands. They are conventionally disambiguated with Roman numerals:

• Peter I Vanden Gheyn (1500–1561), son of Willem Van den Ghein, founder of the dynasty
• Peter II Vanden Gheyn (died 1598), son of Peter I
• Peter III Vanden Gheyn (1553–1618), son of Peter II
• Peter IV Vanden Gheyn (1605 or 1607–1654), grandson of Peter II by his youngest son Jan
• Peter V Vanden Gheyn (died 1717), grandson of Peter IV by his son Andreas
• Peter VI Vanden Gheyn, son of Peter V