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{{Short description|Belgian family}}
{{about|the descendants of Gillis van Dievoet, a burgher of Brussels|the Belgian politician and his family|Émile van Dievoet|other uses|Van Dievoet}}
{{Infobox family
| name = Van Dievoet family
| other_names = van Dievoet, Vandivout,<ref>Bimbenet-Privat, ''op. cit.'', p. 322 : "8 octobre 1692, Philippe Vandivout, orfèvre de Monseigneur le Dauphin est témoin (au mariage de l'orfèvre Claude de Drisfald); ''ibidem'' " Philippe Vandivout est reçu maître par un arrêt du Conseil qui l'autorise à tenir boutique ouverte dans Paris"; Archives Nationales, notary Guillaume Charles BIOCHE, 1713 (étude XCVII), MC/ET/XCVII/438, fol. 61, constitution de tontine, émission 1759, 15 janvier 1761, M. Nicolas Felix '''Vandivout dit Vandive''', ancien marchand orfèvre, Paris, domicilié paroisse Saint-Germain-L'auxerrois, as wel as MC/ET/XCVII/439, constitution de tontine, émission 1759, 3 mars 1761.</ref> [[Vandive]], [[Augustus Van Dievoet|Divutius]]
| coat_of_arms = File:Van Dievoet arms.svg
| coat_of_arms_caption = [[#Heraldry|Coat of arms]]<ref name=":Armorial Register" />
| region = [[Belgium]]
| origin = [[Duchy of Brabant]]
| parent_family = 
| founded = 17th century<ref>Its filiation has been established since 1650, the date of the first wedding of Gillis van Dievoet (? - d. before 1672). Read: Jean-François Houtart, ''Anciennes familles de Belgique'', Brussels, 2008, p. 393.</ref>
| founder = Gillis van Dievoet
| traditions = [[Christianity]]<ref>Most Van Dievoets are and were [[Catholic Church|catholics]], however, the family branch of architect [[Henri Van Dievoet]] was [[Protestantism|protestant]]. Hugh Robert Boudin, « VAN DIEVOET, Henri », in : ''Dictionnaire historique du protestantisme et de l'anglicanisme en Belgique du 16e siècle à nos jours'', Arquennes, 2014, ''sub verbo''.</ref>
| motto = ''Pes meus in directo.''
| estate = [[Château du Moisnil]]
| meaning = Sacred [[ford (crossing)|ford]] <small>(See: [[Dievoort]])</small>
| cadet branches = 
| branches = [[Vandive family|Vandive]]
}}

The '''Van Dievoet''' '''family''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|iː|v|ʊ|t
}}) is a [[Belgians|Belgian]] family originating from the [[Duchy of Brabant]].<ref>Jean-François Houtart, ''Anciennes familles de Belgique'', Brussels, 2008, p. 393.</ref> It descends from the [[Seven Noble Houses of Brussels|Seven Lineages of Brussels]]<ref>[[Sweerts House|Sweerts]], [[House of Sleeus|Sleeus]], [[House of Serhuyghs|Serhuyghs]], [[House of Serroelofs|t'Serroelofs]], [[House of Coudenbergh|Coudenbergh]], [[House of Roodenbeke|Roodenbeke]] and [[House of Steenweeghs|Steenweeghs]]. From Sweerts through Goossen van Cotthem, from Sleeus, through Jan van Buyseghem dit Buys, from Serhuyghs through [[Pipenpoy family|Wouter Pipenpoy]], from Serhuyghs through [[Pipenpoy family|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 [[Pipenpoy family|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, <abbr>p.</abbr> 105 ([http://www.lignagesdebruxelles.be/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LIGNAGES-FILIATIONS-MISES-A-JOUR-2017-avec-suppression-DIEDEGEM.pdf read online])</ref> and its members have been [[bourgeois of Brussels|''bourgeois'' (freemen) of that city]] since the 1600s.<ref>Jan Caluwaerts, ''Poorters van Brussel//Bourgeois de Bruxelles'', tome II, 161-1695, Louvain, 2005, p. 89.</ref> It formed, at the end of the 17th century, a now extinct Parisian branch which used the name '''[[Vandive family|Vandive]]'''.<ref name=":1">''La Revue'' (ancienne ''Revue des Revues''), volume 78, Paris, 1908, p. 471: « aux grandes fortunes des Delahoquette, des Vandive, des Granchez ».</ref>

== Origins ==
This family descends from '''Gillis van Dievoet'''<ref>Alain 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. [http://www.bruxelles.be/CahiersBruxellois/show.cfm?dir=TomeXXXVII&file=TomeXXXVII&count=67&page=12 To read].</ref> (d. before 1672), [[bourgeois of Brussels]], who wed, in a first marriage on 13 November 1650, in the [[Chapel Church]],<ref>''Cahiers Bruxellois'', ''op. cit.'', {{p.|35}} : "''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''".</ref> Catharina Slachmeulder.<ref>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''".</ref> And, in a second marriage on 31 July 1660, in  [[Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula|Saint Gudula]],<ref>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''".</ref> Gertrudis Zeevaert.<ref name=":Armorial Register">{{Cite book |title=[[The International Register of Arms]] |publisher=The Armorial Register |volume=4 |chapter=Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet (1663–1751), Registration No. 0557 |chapter-url=http://www.armorialregister.com/arms-be/van-dievoet-arms.html}}</ref>

== Brussels branch ==
The [[Brussels]] branch is the only [[wikt:extant|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.<ref name=":0" />

=== Notable members ===
[[File:James II statue 1.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Statue of James II, Trafalgar Square|Statue of King James II]] in [[Trafalgar Square]], [[London]] by [[Peter Van Dievoet]] and [[Laurens van der Meulen]] while they were working in [[Grinling Gibbons]]'s London workshop. 1683.]]

*[[Peter Van Dievoet|Peter van Dievoet]] (1661–1729), [[Baroque sculpture|baroque]] and [[Classicism|classicist]] sculptor active in London and Brussels,<ref name=":0" /> councillor to the city of Brussels.<ref>Alexandre Henne and [[Alphonse Wauters]], ''Histoire de la ville de Bruxelles'', Éditions culture et civilisation Bruxelles, 1975, Volume 2, pp. 507-508</ref>
* Pierre van Dievoet, musician (1781–1825).<ref>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'', {{p.|166}}: "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, {{p.|948}}. 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…''".</ref>
*[[Jean-Louis Van Dievoet|Jean-Louis van Dievoet]] [<nowiki/>[[:fr:Jean-Louis Van Dievoet|'''fr''']]] (1777–1854), [[jurist]] and [[Secretary (title)|Secretary]] of the [[Court of Cassation (Belgium)|Belgian supreme court]].
*[[Augustus Van Dievoet|Augustus van Dievoet]] (1803–1865), [[Court of Cassation (Belgium)|supreme court]] [[advocate]] and legal historian.
[[File:Armorial de la Gilde Drapière Bruxelles 02.jpg|thumb|200px|Coat of arms of [[Peter Van Dievoet|Peter van Dievoet]] on the [[roll of arms]] of the [[Drapery Court of Brussels|Drapery Court]] of Brussels.]]

* 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 (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]], First Class Civic Cross, [[Commemorative Medal of the Reign of King Leopold II|Commemorative Medal of the reign of Leopold II]].
*[[Jules Van Dievoet|Jules van Dievoet]] (1844–1917), supreme court advocate.
*[[Eugène Van Dievoet|Eugène van Dievoet]] II (1862–1937), architect, [[Belgian military ranks|major]] ([[Belgian Land Component#Organisation 1870s|military engineering]]), Knight of the Order of Léopold (Military Division), Officer of the [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)|Order of the Crown]], Commemorative Medal of the reign of Léopold II, [[Military Cross (Belgium)|Military Cross]] (First Class).
*[[Henri Van Dievoet|Henri van Dievoet]] (1869–1931), architect.<ref name=":0" />
*[[Gabriel Van Dievoet|Gabriel van Dievoet]] (1875–1934), [[Art Nouveau]] artist.<ref name=":0" />
* Édouard van Dievoet (1875–1961), doctor of law and political and [[Public administration theory|administrative]] sciences, General Manager of the [[Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits]], Officer of the [[France|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 [[Namur Province|province of Namur]] during the [[World War I|Great War]].
* Jules Édouard van Dievoet (1878–1941), lawyer at the [[Court of appeal (Belgium)|Brussels Court of appeal]]. Knight of the Order of Leopold, [[Commemorative Medal of the 1914–1918 War]] and the [[Victory Medal 1914–1918 (Belgium)|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), [[Board of directors|director]] of [[Thomas Cook & Son]]s, director of the [[Seven Noble Houses of Brussels organization]], Officer of the Order of Léopold, Commander of the [[Order of Leopold II|Order of Léopold II]], [[Croix de guerre (Belgium)|Croix de guerre]] with bronze lion, [[Fire Cross 1914–1918]], Victory Medal 1914–1918, Officer of the [[France|France's]] [[Legion of honour]], Commander of the [[Order of Civil Merit (Bulgaria)|Royal Order of Merit of Bulgaria]], Commander of the [[Order of Adolphe of Nassau]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=WHO'S WHO IN BELGIUM including the Belgian Congo: A Biographical Dictionary containing about 5.000 biographies of prominent people in and of Belgium and Belgian Congo (1957–1958)|publisher=Intercontinental Book & Publishing Co., Ltd. (1957–1958).|year=1959|editor-last=Koller|editor-first=K.|edition=Belgian editor: G.H.B. Universal Editions Brussels (1959)|editor-last2=de Maeyer|editor-first2=T.W.|editor-last3=Taylor|editor-first3=Dr Stephen S.}}</ref>
* Paul van Dievoet (1896–1947), architect of the [[Schaerbeek|municipality of Schaerbeek]].
*[[Germaine Van Dievoet|Germaine van Dievoet]], (1899–1990), competitive swimmer, Bronze medal of the Sporting Merit, participated in the [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics]].
* Pierre van Dievoet (1904–1982), engineer, Knight of the Order of Leopold, captain of the [[Belgian Resistance|Resistance]], member of the [[Secret Army (Belgium)|Secret Army]], Brumagne Squadron, Deputy Chief of Staff of Zone III of the Secret Army (Flanders).
*[[Léon Van Dievoet|Léon van Dievoet II]] (1907–1993), [[architect]], Knight of the Orders of Leopold and Crown.
*Jean-Paul van Dievoet<nowiki/><ref>Dictionary of international biography, volume 1, Cambridge, 1986, <abbr>p.</abbr>721 ([https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofinte1986unse/page/720/mode/2up?q=dievoet Read online])</ref> (1928–2005), [[Civil engineering|civil]], [[Electrical engineering|electrical]], [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]], and [[naval engineer]], Director General of the Belgonucléaire S.A.,<ref>R.M. Whiteside, ''Major Energy Companies of Europe 1989/90'', Londres, Graham & Trotman, 1989, <abbr>p.</abbr> 16 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=jNzqCAAAQBAJ&q=dievoet+&pg=PA16 Read online])</ref> 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 [[Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques|OECD]]-[[Nuclear Energy Agency|NEA]], 1st Chairman<ref>{{Cite web|title=INSC Information (1)|url=http://insc.ans.org/info1.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=insc.ans.org}}</ref> and ''Honorary Fellow'' of the [[European Nuclear Society]], Officer of the Order of Leopold.
*[[Florence Descampe|Florence van Dievoet née Descampe]] (b. 1969), veteran professional golfer.
*Ariane van Dievoet (b. 1988), [[Interior architecture|interior architect]], [[Minimalism|minimalist]] furniture and product designer, founder of design studio ''Avandi'' in Brooklyn in 2011.

== Parisian branch ==
[[File:Marque typographique de Guillaume Vandive.jpg|thumb|196x196px|Typographic mark of [[Guillaume van Dievoet]] called Vandive, [[book printer]] of Monseigneur the [[Louis, Grand Dauphin|Grand Dauphin]], with his motto :

"HOC DUCE TUTA SALUS<ref>Translation : « with him as a guide your salvation is assured ». Motto in honor of the [[Louis, Grand Dauphin|Grand Dauphin]], with an allusion to the legend of [[Arion]] saved by a dolphin.</ref>", 1704.]]
{{Main|Vandive family}}The Parisian branch of the family,<ref name=":1" /> which used the name [[Vandive family|Vandive]], descends from Philippe and produced notable goldsmiths and [[Conseil du Roi|councillors to the Kings of France]] as well as a notable printer. It became extinct in 1802.

=== Notable members ===

* [[Philippe Van Dievoet|Philippe van Dievoet called Vandive]], ''[[French nobility#Titles, peerage, and orders|écuyer]]'' (1654–1738), councillor to the king,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.levif.be/actualite/magazine/artistes-de-pere-en-fils/article-normal-894707.html|title=Artistes, de père en fils|date=2008-11-21|website=Site-LeVif-FR|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> goldsmith of [[Louis XIV]] and [[consul]] of Paris.
*[[Guillaume Vandive]], (1680–1706), printer of the [[Louis de France (1661–1711)|Dauphin]].
*Balthazar Philippe Vandive, goldsmith and consul of Paris
*[[Nicolas Félix Vandive]], [[French nobility|écuyer]], lawyer at the [[Parlement of Paris]], Clerk of the Hearing at the [[King's Council (France)|King's Council]], Secretary-Advisor to King House and Crown of France.
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== Portrait gallery ==
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File:Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet (1704-1776) époux d'Elisabeth van der Meulen, portrait par Trigaux, 1761.JPG|Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet II (1704–1776) husband of [[Van der Meulen family|Elisabeth van der Meulen]], portrait by Trigaux, 1761.<ref>Portrait published in : Alain van Dievoet, « Un disciple belge de Grinling Gibbons, le sculpteur Pierre van Dievoet (1661–1729) et son œuvre à Londres et Bruxelles », in : ''Le Folklore brabançon'', Brussels, March 1980, n° 225.</ref>
File:Jean-Baptiste VAN DIEVOET (1747-1821), pastel 1774 (56x47cm).jpg|Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet III (1747–1821), husband of Anne-Marie Lambrechts (pastel 1774)<ref>[http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/French.pdf#search=%22Dievoet%22 Portrait published in : Neil Jeffares, ''Dictionnary of pastellists before 1800'', p. 16 : n° 19.1495]</ref>
File:Anne-Marie LAMBRECHTS (1753-1781) epouse Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet, pastel 1774 (56x47cm).jpg|Anne-Marie Lambrechts (1753–1781), wife of Jean-Baptiste III van Dievoet (1753–1781) (pastel 1774)<ref>Portrait published in : Neil Jeffares, ''ibidem''.</ref>
File:Crop Portrait Jean-Baptiste VAN DIEVOET (1775-1862) (1856).png|Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet IV, JUL (Juris Utriusque Licentiatus) (1775–1862), husband of Catherine-Jeanne Cuerens (1781–1823), father of Hortense van Dievoet (1804–1854). (1856)
File:Jean-Louis VAN DIEVOET (1777-1854) by Ignace Brice.jpg|[[Jean-Louis Van Dievoet|Jean-Louis van Dievoet]] [<nowiki/>[[:fr:Jean-Louis Van Dievoet|'''fr''']]] (1777–1854), [[Secretary (title)|Secretary]] of the [[Court of Cassation (Belgium)|Belgian Supreme Court]], husband of [[Wittouck family|Jeanne Wittouck]] (portrait by [[Ignace Brice]]<ref>Portrait published in : Paul De Zuttere, « Contribution à l'œuvre des peintres Antoine et Ignace Brice », dans ''L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes,'' Bruxelles, n° 345, 2003, p. 119.</ref>)
File:Auguste VAN DIEVOET (1803-1865) Lawyer.jpg|[[Augustus Van Dievoet|Auguste van Dievoet]] (1803–1865), legal historian and Supreme Court [[advocate]].
File:Portrait of Eugène van Dievoet (1804-1858).jpg|Eugène van Dievoet I (1804–1858), [[portrait miniature]] circa 1854.
File:Portrait Hortense Poelaert by Ignace Brice 1840.jpg|Hortense Poelaert (1815–1900), wife of Eugène van Dievoet I (1804–1858), sister of the architect [[Joseph Poelaert]] (portrait by [[Ignace Brice]], 1840).<ref>Portrait published in : ''Le Parchemin'',  1986, n° 245 and in Paul De Zuttere, ''op. cit.''</ref>
File:Jules VAN DIEVOET (1844-1917) Lawyer.jpg|[[Jules Van Dievoet|Jules van Dievoet]] (1844–1917), Supreme Court advocate.
File:Crop Henri van Dievoet architecte.jpg|[[Henri Van Dievoet|Henri van Dievoet]] (1869–1931), architect,<ref>''An heliogravure portrait of Henri van Dievoet, with his signature'' published in ''La Belgique d'aujourd'hui'', directed by Gustave DELTOUR, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Adolf Eckstein, circa 1908.</ref> husband of Eugénie Masson<ref>''L’Éventail'', n° 48, Brussels, 27 July 1913, p. 3 : « À Ixelles est décédée, à l’âge de soixante-dix ans, Mme veuve Ernest Masson, née Clémence Mounoury. Cette mort met en deuil : M. [[Henri Van Dievoet]], Mme Henri Van Dievoet, née Eugénie Masson; M. Marcel van Dievoet, M. Paul Van Dievoet, Mlle [[Germaine Van Dievoet]]</ref> (1872–1943).
File:Gabriel Van Dievoet.jpg|[[Gabriel Van Dievoet|Gabriel van Dievoet]] (1875–1934), decorator and sgraffitist.
File:Léon van Dievoet, 16.07.34 sur sa moto Saroléa à Blankenberghe.JPG|[[Léon van Dievoet]] (1907–1993), architect and painter.
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== Heraldry ==
<div style="text-align: center;">{{Infobox COA wide|name=the Van Dievoet family|image=File:Van Dievoet arms.svg|badgeimage=|year_adopted=|crest=a demi wyvern Sable armed and langued Gules|torse=|escutcheon=[[Division of the field#Common divisions of the field|Per pale]] [[Argent]] and [[Sable (heraldry)|Sable]], on a tower embattled of four merlons [[Counterchanging|counterchanged]] and gated of the field between in chief two [[Star (heraldry)|mullets]] of six-points [[Gules]] and [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] and in base a [[Crescent#Heraldry|crescent]] counterchanged, an [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] per pale Or and Gules charged with a  [[Dexter and sinister|dexter]] human foot sole counterchanged.<ref name=":Armorial Register" /><ref>[[Georges Dansaert]], ''Nouvel armorial belge'', Brussels, 1949, p. 200.</ref><ref>These are the arms that were recognised in the grant of familial arms that, on 14 October 1698, was delivered to Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet, husband of Anne van der Borcht, by [[Joseph van den Leene]] (1654–1742), [[King of Arms]], here is the copy : «Messire Joseph van den Leene Seigr : de Lodelinsart et de Castillon Conseillier de sa Majesté Cath: Le Roy Ntre Sire (que Dieu conserve) et son premier Roy d'arme es pays de pardeca costre de Namur et Tresorier de l'Eglise Collégiale et paroissiale de notre Dame a Walcort en la ditte province a atteste que les armes cÿ dessus depeintes et figures en ces meteaulx et couleurs (qui sont un escus d'argent partÿ de sable au chateau de lun en lautre charge en cœur d'un escusson d'or partÿ de guelles a la plante d'un pié dextre humain aussi de l'un en l'autre et accompagne en cheff de deux Etoiles a six rais l'un de guelles et l'autre d'or et en pointe dun croissant partÿ de l'escus) sont celles de famille de VANDIEVOET en temoin de ce jai signè cette et muni du cachet de mes armes. Fait ez Chambris Héraldique Palais en la ville de Fort bruxelles ce 14e jour du mois d'octobre 1698. dos	D.J. Vandenleene. reg: ».</ref>|compartment=|motto=''Pes meus in directo.''|other_elements=|badge=|symbolism=|previous_versions=|notes=These [[canting arms]]<ref>Symbolism is very present in these arms, and a number of factors, some more obvious, some [[etymology|etymological]] make these [[canting arms]]: <br /> 1) '''''voet''''' means "foot" in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]: foot plant <br /> 2) '''''divid'''ere'' means dividing in [[Latin]]: shield is divided in the middle  <br /> 3) '''''die''''' means "day" in Latin, the shield is divided between day and night (argent and sable). In the upper left in red is the [[Venus|morning star]] ([[Phosphorus (morning star)|Phosphorus]], Stella Diei – Venus) and upper right is [[Hesperus]], the evening star (also [[Venus]]).  The crescent is also split between night and day, this crescent moon ([[Diana (mythology)|'''Dia'''na]] or [[Selene]]), in ancient iconography is often represented as accompanying the stars [[Phosphoros]] and [[Hesperus]], as in this coat of arms. (See: [[Star and crescent#Greek and Roman iconography|Star and crescent]]) <br /> 4) a '''''divid'''iculum'' means a castle (tower) placed on a division/separation of land, often this means a [[Ford (crossing)|ford]] (see etymology of the name below) <br /> 5) the city of [[Metz]] in France is called '''''Divod'''urum'' in Latin and its arms are blazoned: party per pale argent and sable, the same base as these.</ref> were first documented in the [[grant of arms|confirmation of familial arms]] that, on 14 October 1698, was delivered to Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet, husband of Anne van der Borcht, by [[Joseph van den Leene]] (1654–1742), First [[King of Arms]] of the [[Spanish Netherlands]] and the [[Duchy of Burgundy]].|other_versions=[[File:Pierre Van Dievoet arms.svg|80px]] Coat of arms of [[Peter van Dievoet]], brother of Jean-Baptiste, recorded in 1713 in the [[roll of arms]] of the [[Drapery Court of Brussels]]|year_granted=1698 by the [[King of Arms]] [[Joseph van den Leene]]<br />2021 by the [[Council of Heraldry and Vexillology]]}}</div>

== Genealogy ==
{{hidden begin|border=1px  #aaa solid|title=Simplified family tree<ref>This family tree is incomplete and is meant to show the relations between the people mentioned on this article and related articles. Source: Van Dievoet, Alain « Généalogie de la famille van Dievoet originaire de Bruxelles, dite van Dive à Paris », in : Le Parchemin, ed. [[Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium]], Brussels, 1986, n° 245, pp. 273–293.</ref>|ta1=center|expanded=yes}}{{Tree list}}Gillis van Dievoet († before 1672) x Catharina Slachmeulder<ref>daughter 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</ref>
**[[Philippe van Dievoet]] called Vandive (1654–1738) x Anne Martinot
***[[Vandive family]]
*Gillis van Dievoet († before 1672) x Gertrudis Zeevaert<ref>died 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</ref>
**[[Peter van Dievoet]] (1661–1729) x Dorothea de Witte
**Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet I(1663–1751)<ref>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.</ref> x Anne van der Borcht<ref>They had nine children born in Brussels rue de la Madeleine, in the house called « Den Coninck van Spanien</ref>
***Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet II (1704–1776)<ref>son of Jean-Baptiste and of Anne van der Borcht, wine merchant, dean of the wine merchants' guild of the Nation of Saint-Jacques, in 1742 and 1756, and master of the poor at the Supreme Charity of the church of Saint-Nicolas, baptised in Saint Gudula on 30 May 1704, died in Brussels on 9 January 1776 and buried on the 13th in the Récollets Church. He wed in Saint-Géry in Brussels on 27 December 1739, Élisabeth van der Meulen, baptised in Saint-Géry on 24 January 1720, daughter of Lambert van der Meulen and Elisabeth Cosijns, grand daughter of Francis van der Meulen and Pétronille de Bleser, great grand daughter of Jean van der Meulen and Elisabeth Govaerts, great great grand daughter of Francis van der Meulen and Anne de Beckers, the latter, son of Ingelberts van der Meulen (son of Vranck van der Meulen and Gudule Comperis) and of Cathelyne Verluytgaerde called Winnepenninckx. The van der Meulen family were merchants in freshwater fish the Visscher Zenne, most were deans of the freshwater fishmongers' guild. They owned a large number of fishponds and lakes, notably in the Sonian Forest. Elisabeth van der Meulen owned the famous étangs des Enfants noyés, she sold it to the state in 1744. She also obtained through succession the fief of the Roetaert in Uccle-Stalle which went to her descendants.She died on 16 June 1769.</ref> x [[Van der Meulen family|Élisabeth van der Meulen]]
****Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet III (1747–1821)<ref>son of Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet and Élisabeth van der Meulen, wine merchant, born in brussels on 24 January 1747, baptised in Saint Nicholas and died in Brussels on 30 December 1821. He was a Freemason, member of the Loge of «La constance de L'Union», created in 1769. He wed in a first marriage in Sainte-Catherine in Brussels on 12 September 1774, Anne-Marie Françoise Lambrechts, daughter of Jean-Louis Lambrechts, bourgeois of Brussels, spice merchant and sugar refiner, and of Marie François, born in Brussels on 12 February 1753, baptised in Sainte-Catherine, died in Brussels on 23 September 1781. Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet wed in a second marriage in the church of Saint-Géry in Brussels on 9 August 1784, Marie-Pétronille-Catherine Van den Velden, born in Brussels, baptised on 23 February 1751 in Saint-Géry and died in Brussels on 2 June 1836, daughter of Jean-Baptiste-Dominique and of Marie-Catherine-Claire Huybrechts.</ref> x Anne-Marie Lambrechts
*****Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet IV (1775–1862), JUL<ref>JUL (Juris Utriusque Licentiatus) (1775–1862), husband of Catherine-Jeanne Cuerens (1781–1823), father of Hortense van Dievoet (1804–1854).</ref> x Catherine-Jeanne Cuerens
*****[[Jean-Louis Van Dievoet|Jean-Louis van Dievoet]] ([[:fr:Jean-Louis Van Dievoet|fr]]) (1777–1854) x [[Wittouck family|Jeanne Wittouck]]
******[[Augustus van Dievoet]] (1803–1865) x Antoinette Coniart
*******[[Jules van Dievoet]] (1844–1917) x [[Anspach family|Marguerite Anspach]]
********Jules Édouard van Dievoet  (1878–1941) x Marguerite Leclercq
******Eugène van Dievoet I (1804–1858) x Hortense Poelaert
*******Ernest Jean-Louis Van Dievoet (1835–1903) x Léonie Joséphine Françoise Most
********[[Eugène Van Dievoet|Eugène Van Dievoet II]] (1862–1937) x Léonie Caroline Catherine Quarez
*******Léon Philippe van Dievoet (1838–1908) x Hermine Straatman
********[[Henri van Dievoet]] (1869–1931) x Eugenie Masson
*********Paul van Dievoet (1896–1947)
*********[[Germaine van Dievoet]] (1899–1990) x Willy Dessecker
********[[Gabriel van Dievoet]] (1875–1934) x Alice Demets
*********[[Léon Van Dievoet|Léon van Dievoet II]] (1907–1993) x Madeleine Vande Weyer
*******Camille Van Dievoet (1842–1931) x Lucie Sancke
********Albert van Dievoet (1886–1980) x Anne François
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== See also ==
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* [[Belgian Resistance]]
* [[Bourgeois of Brussels]]
* [[Bourgeois of Paris]]
* [[Château du Moisnil]]
* [[Guillaume Delcourt]]
* [[Dievoet]], for other families with the same surname
* [[Dievoort]], a surname of the same etymology
* [[Drapery Court of Brussels]]
* [[Guilds of Brussels]]
* [[Secret Army (Belgium)|Secret Army]]
* [[Société des douze]]
* [[Rue du Marché aux Fromages]]
* [[List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (V)|List of Legion of Honour recipients by name (V)]]
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== Notes and references ==
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== Further reading ==

* Alain van Dievoet, « Un disciple belge de Grinling Gibbons, le sculpteur Pierre van Dievoet (1661–1729) et son œuvre à Londres et Bruxelles », in: ''Le Folklore brabançon'', March 1980, n° 225, pp.&nbsp;65–91.
* Alain van Dievoet, « Généalogie de la famille van Dievoet originaire de Bruxelles, dite van Dive à Paris », in: ''Le Parchemin'', ed. [[Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium]], Brussels, 1986, n° 245, pp.&nbsp;273–293.
* Alain van Dievoet, [https://archives.bruxelles.be/cahiers/watch/XXXVII#page/12 « Quand le savoir-faire des orfèvres bruxellois brillait à Versailles »], in: ''Cahiers bruxellois'', Brussels, 2004, pp.&nbsp;19–66.
* Madame Dolez, « Les Anspach d'Est en Ouest », in: ''Le Parchemin'', ed. [[Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium]], Brussels, n° 240, 1985, pp.&nbsp;380–381, note 9. (For the descendants of [[Augustus Van Dievoet]])
* F. By, [https://www.levif.be/actualite/magazine/artistes-de-pere-en-fils/article-normal-894707.html « Famille van Dievoet : Artistes, de père en fils »], in: ''[[Le Vif/L'Express]] numéro spécial Bruxelles : la saga des grandes familles'', 26th year n°47 (Le Vif) and n°2993 (L'Express), 21–27 November 2008, p.&nbsp;121.
* Jean-François Houtart, ''Anciennes familles de Belgique'', Brussels, 2008, p.&nbsp;393.
*Walériane Dubois, « [https://weekend.levif.be/lifestyle/magazine/ces-dynasties-qui-ont-bati-bruxelles/article-normal-1352427.html Ces dynasties qui ont bâti Bruxelles : Les Van Dievoet – Créateurs polyvalents] », in ''[[Le Vif/L'Express|Le Vif Weekend]], n°8, 5 November 2020, p. 65.''

== External links ==

* [http://puzzlavie.be/news/la-famille-van-dievoet-l-art-et-l-architecture La famille van Dievoet, l'art et l'architecture] on puzzlavie.be <small>(in French)</small>
* [http://roglo.eu/roglo?lang=fr;p=auguste;n=van+dievoet; Ascendants of Augustus Van Dievoet and his brother Eugene] <small>(in French)</small>
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