Van Dievoet family


The Van Dievoet family is a Belgian family originating from the Duchy of Brabant. It descends from the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels and its members have been bourgeois of that city since the 1600s. It formed, at the end of the 17th century, a now extinct noble Parisian branch called Vandive.

Origins

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

Brussels branch

The Brussels branch is the only branch of the Van Dievoet family. It has produced notable merchants, artists, and architects, as well as prominent judges, lawyers and law historians. Descendants of this branch today are mostly located in Brussels and Antwerp.

Notable members

The Parisian and noble branch of the family descends from Philippe and produced notable goldsmiths and councillors to the Kings of France as well as a major printer. It became extinct in 1802.

Notable members

Heraldry

Genealogy

Gilles van Dievoet x Catherine Slachmeulder