Six family

Six family
noble family
Country	Netherlands
Titles	baron for first born, Jonkheer
Founded	16th century
Founder	Guillaume Six
Ethnicity	Dutch

Six is a Dutch well-known family from Amsterdam. The family originally comes from region of Lille in the North of France.

The first known member, Guillaume Six, was a linen weaver in Armentières and Lille. During the Reformation, the family moved from Antwerp to Amsterdam and later belonged to the government of that city. Several family members were painted by Rembrandt. The name Six is an abbreviation of Sixtus, a name given to the sixth child of a family. Jan Six II (1668–1750) bought the fiefdom of Hillegom. First-born members carry the title of baron and the others the honorific of Jonkheer .

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