Émile van Dievoet


Josse-Émile van Dievoet was a Flemish politician and lawyer. He served as Belgian Minister of Justice.
He was a doctor of law and of political and social sciences. He was also an honorary doctor of Utrecht University and Radboud University Nijmegen.

Career

He was a lawyer at the Leuven Bar and a professor at KU Leuven. He also had a political career campaigning for the use of the Dutch language in Belgium.
He was Minister of Justice and of Agriculture.
He was a member of the Catholic Party.

Political fights

He fought mainly for the "dutchification" of the Law in Belgium and against the natural expansion of Brussels. He was against the incorporation of Haren to Brussels.

Family

Émile van Dievoet is the father of:
Flemish cinematographer Valérie Baeyens, is a great grand daughter of baron van Dievoet.

Genealogy


I. Pierre Van Dievoet, baptized in Haren on December 23, 1658, may be identified with Pierre Van Dievoet who married in Brussels, Sainte-Catherine church on 1 April 1679, 'Maria Boxius' or 'Boecsius', baptized in Okegem on 23 March 1655, died in Liedekerke in 1733. They had the following children baptized in Liedekerke :
II. François Van Dievoet, baptized in Liedekerke on March 2, 1687, burial in Wambeek on March 13, 1743, married in Wambeek on 15 February 1711, Barbe Trullemans, burial in Wambeek on February 17, 1771. They had the following children all born in Wambeek and baptized in the Saint Rémy church:
III. Josse Van Divoet, baptized on September 21, 1721 in Wambeek, married on August 22, 1746 in Ternat Marie Sergonie. They had the following children born in Ternat and baptized in the church of Saint Gertrude.
IV. Josse Van Dievoet, born in Ternat on August 8, 1752 and died there on May 7, 1795, married May 30, 1778 in Ternat, Petronille Leemans, baptized in Lennik-Saint-Martin on April 6, 1745, daughter of Pierre Leemans and Jeanne Heijlens, and died in Ternat November 17, 1808.
V. Joannes Baptista Van Dievoet, farmer, born January 26, 1783 in Ternat married in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on April 11, 1803, Catherine Rogiers, born November 29, 1768 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine, daughter of Philippe Rogiers and Jeanne Marie Van Ransbeeck
VI. Jan Van Dievoet born in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on October 20, 1806 died on November 21, 1852 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine x 'Anna Catharina De Smet', landbouwster , died July 9, 1884, who remarried with Daniel Schets, hoefsmid , daughter of Guilielmus De Smet and Joanna Waterkeyn.
VII. Antoine Van Dievoet, hoefsmid , born in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine x in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on January 21, 1880, Coleta Eylenbosch,' herbergiester, widow of Carolus Ludovicus De Paduwa, born in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine on April 13, 1850 Joannes Eylenbosch, deceased in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine and Joanna Catharina Verhulst; granddaughter of Cornelis Eylenbosch and Anna Maria Jans as well as Martinus Franciscus Verhulst and Maria Anna Ceuppens. Carolus Ludovicus De Paduwa is the brother of Father Jean De Paduwa, born in Wambeek on January 29, 1837 and died on July 20, 1906, parish priest at Eglise Saint- Vincent of Evere, under the impetus of which was built the Saint-Joseph church in Evere and which gave its name to the place Jean De Paduwa in Evere.
VIII. Baron Émile van Dievoet, Minister of Justice, born June 10, 1886 in Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine and died June 24, 1967 in Louvain. Doctor of law and doctor of political and social sciences, he is also doctor honoris causa of the universities of Utrecht and Nijmegen.

Title and arms

He was ennobled on 17 March 1967 by King Baudouin with the title of Baron.
He officially obtained hereditary nobility and personal title of Baron on 30 April 1968, after his death.
All his descendants of the same name are titled Jonkheer/Jonkvrouw.