De Witte family

The de Witte family is a Belgian noble family originating in the city of Antwerp.

History

Originally, it is believed that they were members of the Hanseatic League. The oldest known family ancestor is, 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.

Selected members

, also known as Adrien de Witte
, also known as Jacques-Antoine de Witte
Jean de Witte – an archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist
Gaston-François de Witte – an herpetologist