De Witte family

The de Witte family is a Belgian noble family originating from the city of Antwerp.

History
Originally, it is believed that they were members of the Hanseatic League. The oldest known family ancestor is (1464–1549), who was from Buerstede near Antwerp. A 1544 portrait of him, painted by a student of Hans Holbein the Younger, is exhibited in the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede.

Some members

 * alias Adrien de Witte (1464–1549)
 * alias Jacques-Antoine de Witte (1629–1688)
 * Jean de Witte (1808–1889) - an archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist
 * Gaston-François de Witte (1897–1980) - an herpetologist