Van Meeuwen is a
Dutch noble family.
History
Jan Jansz van Meeuwen, the first recorded member of the family lived in the 17th century at
Megen, was a coppersmith and pan repairman. Later, the family moved to
Oss
OSS or Oss may refer to:
Places
* Oss, a city and municipality in the Netherlands
* Osh Airport, IATA code OSS
People with the name
* Oss (surname), a surname
Arts and entertainment
* ''O.S.S.'' (film), a 1946 World War II spy film about ...
, and subsequently also became part of the political elite of
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
and
The Hague. Many members were
bankers,
politician,
civil servant
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s,
lawyer
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s,
chief executive officers and
diplomat
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s. Some were officers of the Dutch army, members of the
House of Representatives and
Senate of the Netherlands. The family has belonged to the lower
Dutch nobility
The Dutch nobility is a small elite social class constisting of individuals or families recognized as noble, and with or without a title of nobility in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The existence of nobility was established in the Constitution ...
, with the
honorific of
jonkheer, since 1834. Since the 19th century, the family have owned the 80 hectare estate of
Eikenburg
Eikenburg is an estate in the southern Netherlands, in the south of Rosmalen, North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the p ...
which is located to the south of
Rosmalen,
North Brabant.
Notable members
*
Petrus Andreas van Meeuwen (1772–1848)
*
Eduardus Johannes Petrus van Meeuwen
Eduardus Johannes Petrus van Meeuwen ('s-Hertogenbosch, 12 September 1802 – 's-Hertogenbosch, 8 October 1873) was a Dutch politician from a Catholic family. In 1834, with his father, he was created a member of the lower nobility by King Wi ...
(1802–1873)
*
Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen (1837–1913)
*
Lodewijk Cornelis Josephus Andreas van Meeuwen (1844–1918)
*
Pieter Leon van Meeuwen (1870–1921)
*
Eduard Anton Eugène van Meeuwen (1876–1946)
*
Pieter Godfried Maria van Meeuwen
Jonkheer Pieter Godfried Maria van Meeuwen (11 March 1899 in 's-Hertogenbosch – 9 February 1982 in Ulestraten) was a Dutch judge and a politician.
Van Meeuwen studied law at Leiden University and obtained his degree in 1924. After working as ...
(1899–1982)
Coat of arms
Three silver gulls in black, red lacquered and planted in a silver shield with three red roses on their heads. Crown (the shield): A smooth silver band of five pearls and a pearl necklace, with two windings of four pearls each. Shield held by two red-tongued black eagles with backward-looking wings lifted downward. Arms placed on a green arabesque.
See also
*
Eikenburg
Eikenburg is an estate in the southern Netherlands, in the south of Rosmalen, North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the p ...
References
* Nederland's Adelsboek 88 (1999), p. 224-243.
* Kok, G.Chr., ''Van Raad van Brabant naar Gerechtshof 's Hertogenbosch. Zes eeuwen rechtspraakgeschiedenis.'' Uitgeverij Verloren BV (2008)
* Rietstap, J.B., ''Wapenboek van den Nederlandschen Adel'', plate 54.
* Wieland, J.H.M., & Ramakers, E.P.M., ''Gouverneurs in de beide Limburgen 1815-1989''
Meeuwen, Van
Meeuwen, Van
Oss
's-Hertogenbosch
History of The Hague