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History
The earliest bearer of the name may have taken it from the town of
Ekeren
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The oldest known ancestor is Jakob van Heker, who died in 1440. The family is split into many branches (van Brandsenburg, van Kell, van Molecaten). The Heeckerens have the same coat of arms as the Rechteren family. Members carry the title of baron.
Famous members
* Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
Baron Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (born Georges-Charles d'Anthès; 5 February 1812 – 2 November 1895) was a French military officer and politician. Despite his later career as a senator under the Second French Empire, D'Anthès ...
(through adoption), politician who killed Alexander Pushkin
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in a duel.
* Jacob van Heeckeren tot Enghuizen
Jacob Derk Burchard Anne, Baron van Heeckeren tot Enghuizen, also known as Baron van Heeckeren van Beverweerd (28 November 1792 – 28 September 1884), was a Dutch diplomat. He received the title baron of the First French Empire in 1813.
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, diplomat.
* Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren Baron Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren van Kell (October 31, 1730 – July 11, 1795) was a member of the Dutch noble family van Heeckeren. Van Heeckeren studied law at Leiden University. , politician.
Gallery
Reproductie van tekening door J.de Beyer - Laren - 20129075 - RCE.jpg, The Nettelhorst estate, painted by J. de Beyer in 1743.
Huis molecaten.jpg, Molecaten estate owned by the Heeckeren family
Literature
* Dr. D.P.M. Graswinckel en Mr. H. Hardenberg, 'Het Archief van het Kasteel Rechteren' (Zaltbommel, 1941).
* A.F.H. van Heeckeren,'Genealogie van de geslachten Van Voorst, Van Heeckeren, Van Rechteren' in: Heraldieke Bibliotheek (1876).
* Prof. Dr. J.G.N. Renaud et al., 'Het kasteel Voorst- Macht en val van een Overijsselse burcht' (Zwolle, 1983).
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