Wittouck family
The Wittouck family (/witʊk/) is a noble Belgian family, that descends from the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, established in Brussels since the 18th century.
This family has distinguished itself in the high magistracy and high industry.
Members
- Guillaume Wittouck, high magistrate.
- Jeanne Wittouck, wife of Jean-Louis Van Dievoet, Secretary of the Belgian supreme court.
- François Wittouck husband of Pétronille van Cutsem.
- Félix-Guillaume Wittouck, distiller, burgomaster of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.
- Félix Wittouck, industrial sugar refiner.
- Paul Wittouck, industrialist.
- Frantz Wittouck, industrialist, husband of Albertine Brandeis. They had:
- * Jean Wittouck,
- * Élisabeth Wittouck, wife of Jules Guillaume, diplomat,
- * Marie-Thérèse Wittouck, wife of Jean Ullens.
- Élisabeth Wittouck, wife of Jules Guillaume, Belgian diplomat.
The Wittouck family
I) Josse Wittouck, administrator of the domain of the Duke of Arenberg at Drogenbos, baptised on 29 January 1710 in Saint-Nicolas, died probably in 1785 in Uccle, married in Drogenbos on 1 December 1745, Maria Anna van Haelen, baptized in Uccle on 8 February 1721, died in Drogenbos on 23 April 1796, daughter of François van Haelen and Marie Anne Vandiest. The couple Wittouck-van Haelen had eight children.On 26 May 1751 the couple Josse Wittouck-van Haelen bought to Louis-Engelbert, Duke of Arenberg a parcel of land at the place called "Horeken", in the bend of the Senne where are now established the Papeteries Catala-Ondulium.
Issue of Guillaume Wittouck, Counselor at the Supreme Court of Brabant
II. Guillaume Wittouck, born in Drogenbos on 30 October 1749 and died in Brussels on 12 June 1829, lawyer at the Brabant Council, became Counselor at the Supreme Court of Brabant in 1791. During the Brabant Revolution, he sided with the Vonckists, who were in favor of new ideas. When Belgium joined France, he became substitute for the commissioner of the Directory at the Civil Court of the Department of the Dyle, then under the consulate, in 1800, judge at the Brussels Court of Appeal, then from 1804 to 1814, under the Empire, counselor at the Court of Appeal of Brussels, then advisor to the Superior Court of Brussels. He married in Brussels on 29 June 1778, Anne Marie Cools, born in Gooik on 25 January 1754, died in Brussels on 11 April 1824, daughter of Jean Cools and Adrienne Galmaert descendants of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.Guillaume Wittouck acquired on 28th Floreal of the year VIII the castle of Petit-Bigard in Leeuw-Saint-Pierre with a field of one hundred hectares. Petit-Bigard will remain the home of the elder branch until its sale in 1941. Issue: