Van Hogendorp
The Van Hogendorps are a noble family from the Netherlands.
Originally from the Rotterdam region , they belonged to the lower nobility during the 15th and 16th centuries. The progenitor of the politically influential family was a captain who was in Swedish service at the beginning of the 17th century. In the course of the 18th century the family achieved a high reputation in the civil service; In 1745, the Habsburg emperors were appointed imperial counts . The Van Hogendorps gained access to the highest government offices in the Dutch Republic during the 18th and 19th centuries. Further elevations of the nobility were that of a Comte de l'Empire by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1811 and that of Dutch counts [and barons] in 1815, 1822, 1830 and 1867. The family still has a few ancestors, only the imperial counts branch is in the middle of the 20th century.
family members
- Daniël van Hogendorp (1604–1673), Lord of Moerkapelle and Wilde Veenen, Rotterdam Regent, Baljuw des Schielandes
- Willem van Hogendorp (1656–1733), head of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company
- Gijsbert van Hogendorp (1667–1750), 1st Count van Hogendorp, Dutch politician
- Diederik Johan (I) van Hogendorp (1697–1744), alderman and councilor of Rotterdam
- Willem van Hogendorp (1735–1784), member of the government of the city of Rotterdam, in the service of the Dutch East India Company
- Johan François van Hogendorp van Heeswijk (1746–1831), Mayor of Rotterdam
- Diederik Johan (II) van Hogendorp (1754–1803), Imperial Count of Hogendorp, aldermen of Amsterdam, head of the West India Company
- Dirk van Hogendorp (1761–1822), Comte de l'Empire, military and statesman
- Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834), Dutch statesman
- Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp (1788–1856), military and colonial administrator
- Mariane van Hogendorp (1834–1909), social reformer and feminist
Web links
- "Opmerkingen over de geslachtenbeheld in Nederland's Adelsboek" (1949) (PDF file; 8.40 MB)