Van Eeghen (family)

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Founded17th century

Van Eeghen is the name of a Dutch patrician family from Kortemark in Belgium.

In the 17th century moved from Flanders to Middelburg and Haarlem. Later some members founded a successful trading company in Amsterdam.

From 1795 until 1818, the family owned Kasteel Beek en Hoff.

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