Van Dievoet family


The Van Dievoet 'family is a Belgian family originating from the Duchy of Brabant. It descends from the Seven Lineages of Brussels and its members have been bourgeois (freemen) of that city since the 1600s. It formed, at the end of the 17th century, a now extinct Parisian branch which used the name Vandive'.

Origins

This family descends from Gillis van Dievoet, bourgeois of Brussels, who wed, in a first marriage on 13 November 1650, in the Chapel Church, Catharina Slachmeulder. And, in a second marriage on 31 July 1660, in Saint Gudula, Gertrudis Zeevaert.

Brussels branch

The Brussels branch is the only extant branch of the Van Dievoet family. It has produced notable merchants, artists, architects, athletes, and executives, as well as prominent judges, lawyers and law historians.

Notable members

Parisian branch

The Parisian branch of the family, which used the name Vandive, descends from Philippe and produced notable goldsmiths and councillors to the Kings of France as well as a notable printer. It became extinct in 1802.

Notable members

Heraldry


Genealogy

Gillis van Dievoet x Catharina Slachmeulder