The Van Dievoet family () is a Belgian family originating from the Duchy of Brabant.Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique, Brussels, 2008, p. 393. It descends from the Seven Lineages of BrusselsSweerts, Sleeus, Serhuyghs, t'Serroelofs, Coudenbergh, Roodenbeke and Steenweeghs. From Sweerts through Goossen van Cotthem, from Sleeus, through Jan van Buyseghem dit Buys, from Serhuyghs through Wouter Pipenpoy, from Serhuyghs through Jean Pipenpoy, from Sleeus through Franco uter Crommercammen, from t'Serroelofs through Jan Mennen, from Coudenbergh through Jan van den Hane dit Vilain, from Roodenbeke through Gielis Mennen, from Roodenbeke through Ghysbrecht Pipenpoy, from Steenweeghs through Beatrix Conincx, daughter of Arnold Conincx who was admitted to the House « Filiations lignagères bruxelloises contemporaines, Bruxelles », N/A, 2015, p. 105 (read online) and its members have been bourgeois (freemen) of that city since the 1600s.Jan Caluwaerts, Poorters van Brussel//Bourgeois de Bruxelles, tome II, 161-1695, Louvain, 2005, p. 89. It formed, at the end of the 17th century, a now extinct Parisian branch which used the name Vandive.La Revue (ancienne Revue des Revues), volume 78, Paris, 1908, p. 471: « aux grandes fortunes des Delahoquette, des Vandive, des Granchez ».
Origins This family descends from Gillis van DievoetAlain van Dievoet, « Généalogie de la famille van Dievoet originaire de Bruxelles, dite van Dive à Paris », in : Le Parchemin, ed. Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 1986, n° 245, p. 273 to 293, and also : Alain van Dievoet, « Quand le savoir-faire des orfèvres bruxellois brillait à Versailles », in : Cahiers bruxellois, Brussels, 2004, pp. 19-66. This article contains an extensive bibliography and many references and transcripts of archival documents. To read. (d. before 1672), bourgeois of Brussels, who wed, in a first marriage on 13 November 1650, in the Chapel Church,Cahiers Bruxellois, op. cit., : "Gilles van Dievoet (…) épousa en premières noces à Bruxelles, en l'église Notre-Dame de la Chapelle, le 13 novembre 1650, (…) Catherine Slachmeulder". Voir "Archives de l'État", registres paroissiaux en ligne. Le 13 novembre 1650, mariage, église de la Chapelle, de Gilles Van Dievoet et Catherine Slachmoelders : "Aegidius Van dievoet Catharina Slachmoelders Coniuncti sunt die 13. nouembris 1650. testes fuerunt D. Joês kelegom Petrus rossum et alij plures". Catharina Slachmeulder.La graphie "Slachmeulder" est celle qui figure dans l'acte de baptême de son fils l'orfèvre Philippe Van Dievoet à Sainte Gudule le 9 janvier 1654 : "9a [januarius 1654] Philippus filius legitimus Ægidij Van Dievoet, et Catharine Slachmeulder. Suscept : Philippus Slachmulder, et Catharina Verhasselt". And, in a second marriage on 31 July 1660, in Saint Gudula,Bruxelles, collégiale de Sainte Gudule, 31 juillet 1660, mariage de Gilles Van Dievoet et Gertrude Zeevaert : "Die 31a Julij 1660 in baptisterio huius ecclesiae coram infrascripto contraxerunt inter se matrimonium Ægidius Van Dievoet, et Gertrudis Zeevaert D. Gudilae parochiani, dispensante Illmo ac Rmo D. Archie(pisco)po Mechl(iniensi) in bannorum solemnijs, praestito juramento libertatis requisito, praesentibus tamquam testibus Augustino Neetens, Joanne Zeevart fratre sponsae, Francisco Jacobs, Nicolao Vander Borcht, Joachimo Zeevart fratre sponsae, Maria de Smet, Carola la Croix, et Elisabetha Hannart, quod attestor Servatius Middegaels viceplebanus D(ivae) Gudilae". 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
Peter van Dievoet (1661–1729), baroque and classicist sculptor active in London and Brussels, councillor to the city of Brussels.Alexandre Henne and Alphonse Wauters, Histoire de la ville de Bruxelles, Éditions culture et civilisation Bruxelles, 1975, Volume 2, pp. 507-508 Pierre van Dievoet, musician (1781–1825).Pierre Van Dievoet, artiste musicien, né à Bruxelles le 29 septembre 1781, mort célibataire vers 1825, fils de Pierre-Jacques-Joseph Van Dievoet, négociant en lin et fabricant de cotonnettes, doyen de la Corporation des marchands de toile en gros en 1788 et freemason membre de la Loge de "La constance de L'Union", demeurant Langeridderstraet, né le 17 mai 1748 et décédé en son domicile à Saint-Josse-ten-Noode le 21 novembre 1828 (acte de décès n°56 du 23 novembre) et d’Anne-Marie Meskens. Pierre Van Dievoet est cité notamment comme interprète de Mozart: Henri Vanhulst, Belgique, professeur à l'Université libre de Belgique, "La diffusion de la musique de Mozart à Bruxelles avant 1816", dans Mozart: les chemins de l'Europe : actes publiés par Brigitte Massin, : "Liste chronologique des œuvres de Mozart exécutées à Bruxelles lors de concerts (avant 1816) : 2 janvier 1804. Finale de la Flûte enchantée (Société des Amateurs de Musique), musique de Mozart; par Mlle Roelens, MM. Moris, Vandievoet (N. B. il s'agit de Pierre Van Dievoet), Dehoux et Drault.". Pierre Van Dievoet, "musicien, âgé de 30 ans, domicilié Section 8 -rue de la Madeleine 399- né à Bruxelles" est cité lors du recensement de 1812 (Antoine Massin, Bruxelles. Qui est qui en 1812, Bruxelles, 1997, tome II, . Voir aussi: Le Guide musical: revue internationale de la musique, volume 21: "Permets-moi, romance de Lamporelli, arrangée pour le violon avec variation et acc. d'un violon, alto et basse. À Anvers, au magasin de musique et d'instruments, chez Fridzeri. Gravé par P. Vandievoet…". Jean-Louis van Dievoet [fr] (1777–1854), jurist and Secretary of the Belgian supreme court. Augustus van Dievoet (1803–1865), supreme court advocate and legal historian.
Léon van Dievoet (1838–1908) ship-owner, associate of Lambert Straatman. Camille van Dievoet (1842–1931), agent of the National Bank of Belgium, Knight of the Order of Leopold, First Class Civic Cross, Commemorative Medal of the reign of Leopold II. Jules van Dievoet (1844–1917), supreme court advocate. Eugène van Dievoet II (1862–1937), architect, major (military engineering), Knight of the Order of Léopold (Military Division), Officer of the Order of the Crown, Commemorative Medal of the reign of Léopold II, Military Cross (First Class). Henri van Dievoet (1869–1931), architect. Gabriel van Dievoet (1875–1934), Art Nouveau artist. Édouard van Dievoet (1875–1961), doctor of law and political and administrative sciences, General Manager of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, Officer of the France's Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of Leopold, Officer of the Order of the Crown. Georges van Dievoet (1876–1932), engineer, Knight of the Order of Leopold, delegate of the National Committee of the province of Namur during the Great War. Jules Édouard van Dievoet (1878–1941), lawyer at the Brussels Court of appeal. Knight of the Order of Leopold, Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1918 War and the Victory Medal 1914–1918. Albert van Dievoet (1886–1980), honorary director and general manager in Brussels of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (48 years of service), director of Thomas Cook & Sons, director of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels organization, Officer of the Order of Léopold, Commander of the Order of Léopold II, Croix de guerre with bronze lion, Fire Cross 1914–1918, Victory Medal 1914–1918, Officer of the France's Legion of Honour, Commander of the Royal Order of Merit of Bulgaria, Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau. Paul van Dievoet (1896–1947), architect of the municipality of Schaerbeek. Germaine van Dievoet, (1899–1990), competitive swimmer, Bronze medal of the Sporting Merit, participated in the 1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics. Pierre van Dievoet (1904–1982), engineer, Knight of the Order of Leopold, captain of the Resistance, member of the Secret Army, Brumagne Squadron, Deputy Chief of Staff of Zone III of the Secret Army (Flanders). Léon van Dievoet II (1907–1993), architect, Knight of the Orders of Leopold and Crown. Jean-Paul van DievoetDictionary of international biography, volume 1, Cambridge, 1986, p.721 (Read online) (1928–2005), civil, electrical, mechanical, and naval engineer, Director General of the Belgonucléaire S.A.,R.M. Whiteside, Major Energy Companies of Europe 1989/90, Londres, Graham & Trotman, 1989, p. 16 (Read online) Pres. of Transnubel, VP of INB (Kalkar), Pres. of the Belgian Nuclear Society, VP of the Committee for Nuclear development and the Fuel Cycle of OECD-NEA, 1st Chairman and Honorary Fellow of the European Nuclear Society, Officer of the Order of Leopold. Florence van Dievoet née Descampe (b. 1969), veteran professional golfer. Ariane van Dievoet (b. 1988), interior architect, minimalist furniture and product designer, founder of design studio Avandi in Brooklyn in 2011.
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
Philippe van Dievoet called Vandive, écuyer (1654–1738), councillor to the king, goldsmith of Louis XIV and consul of Paris. Guillaume Vandive, (1680–1706), printer of the Dauphin. Balthazar Philippe Vandive, goldsmith and consul of Paris Nicolas Félix Vandive, écuyer, lawyer at the Parlement of Paris, Clerk of the Hearing at the King's Council, Secretary-Advisor to King House and Crown of France.
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Heraldry
Genealogy Gillis van Dievoet († before 1672) x Catharina Slachmeulderdaughter of Marc Slachmolder and of Catherine Sarter, died in Brussels (Saint Gudula) on 24 June 1660, rue de la Madeleine, near the Madeleine Church, buried in the cemetery of the convent of the Récollets Franciscans Philippe van Dievoet called Vandive (1654–1738) x Anne Martinot Vandive family Gillis van Dievoet († before 1672) x Gertrudis Zeevaertdied in Brussels on 22 July 1705, rue de la Madeleine in the house called « Roi d'Espagne». She was buried on the 24th in the Madeleine Church after having remarried on 28 August 1672 in the Saint-Géry Church with Charles de Lens, bourgeois of Brussels and master cooper, died on 16 April 1701 Peter van Dievoet (1661–1729) x Dorothea de Witte Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet I(1663–1751)bourgeois of Brussels, wine merchant, admitted to mastery on 4 July 1696, and master cooper, admitted to mastery, dean of the Coopers' Guild in 1703, churchwarden of Saint Gudula in 1706, baptised in Sainte Gudula on 6 March 1663 and died in Brussels on 4 April 175. His funeral was at the Récollets church where he was buried in the family tomb. He had wed in Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg in Brussels on 7 June 1696, Anne van der Borcht, baptised in Saint Gudula on 16 April 1670, died on 26 September 1707 and buried in the same tomb, daughter of Jacques van der Borcht and of Dorothea de Witte (who wed in a second marriage the sculptor Peter van Dievoet, brother of Jean-Baptiste). Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet wed in a second marriage in Saint Gudula on 16 November 1709, Suzanne van der Bierstraete, widow of Jean-Baptiste Seghers, apothecary, daughter of Léonard van der Biestraeten and of Josine van Schoonendonck, died on 16 December 1732. They did not have children together. x Anne van der BorchtThey had nine children born in Brussels rue de la Madeleine, in the house called « Den Coninck van Spanien