De Smeth
De Smeth is the name of a noble family from the Netherlands .
history
The Brussels family, who came to Amsterdam via Cologne in the middle of the 17th century , was promoted to the nobility in the 18th century by Tsarina Catherine the Great because of financial aid to the Russian court. In the 19th century he was appointed baron by the Dutch King Wilhelm I. The De Smeths belonged to the Amsterdam regent class , and in the 18th century they acquired ownership of the Ambachtherrlichkeit Alphen and Rietveld , the High Glory Deurne and the glory Liessel linked to them .
One family member, Theodorus de Smeth (1779-1859), was the half-brother of Henriëtte d'Oultremont de Wégimont and thus a brother-in-law of King Wilhelm I. All family members still living today are from Paul Arnold Jacques Baron de Smeth (1857-1941), Herr von Alphen and Rietveld, ex. The descendants of his eldest son Ferdinand François Baron de Smeth (1887–1939) live in the western Netherlands and Luxembourg, the descendants of his youngest son Raymond Baron de Smeth (1890–1945) live in Australia and in the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Friesland . In addition, there is still a Swiss family branch that will be in the 17th / 18th It was split off from the main branch in the 19th century.
Varia
- Smethport , the administrative headquarters of McKean County ( Pennsylvania ), was named after the family De Smeth.