De Hochepied
De Hochepied , also called Grandon de Hochepied and in Great Britain via the feminine line De Hochepied-Laprent , is the name of a Dutch family belonging to the nobility and patriciate .
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The oldest known name bearers lived in the French part of Flanders at the beginning of the 16th century and were called De Boitrencourt . The name De Hochepied adopted there is a dirty name and means the limp . The family emigrated to Cologne via Antwerp at the end of the century and came to Amsterdam at the beginning of the 17th century . The De Hochepied belonged to the urban patriciate in the Golden Age . Through their trading activities at the Levantine Trade in Smyrna ( Izmir ), the De Hochepied came to the owners of the Dutch consulate there for a long time .
In 1704 a branch was appointed Hungarian barons . The elevation to the imperial count took place in 1741. In England , too, there were various family members who belonged to the English nobility . In 1819 the De Hochepied were introduced into the new Dutch nobility; in 1829 all family members were awarded the title of count . Nowadays the family is consolidated in addition to the Dutch branch in the Turkish cities of Izmir and Pera ( Istanbul ) and in France.
Known family members
- Daniël Jan de Hochepied (1657–1723), Dutch consul in Izmir
- Jan Baptiste de Hochepied , one of the directors of the Dutch West India Company
- Elbert de Hochepied (1706–1763), Dutch ambassador to Turkey
- Daniel Alexander de Hochepied , Consul of the Netherlands in Izmir
- Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied († 1803), the first woman to appear in a public Muslim theater in Turkey
- George Gerard de Hochepied Laprent (1786–1855), English politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Opmerkingen over de geslachten treatment in Nederland's Adelsboek" (1949), pages 81 and 82 (PDF; 8.8 MB)
- ^ Hoge Raad van Adel
- ↑ Inventory of the archief van Pieter Steyn, 1749–1772 , in the Nationaal Archief (nl) ( memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
