Tetrode (family)

The most famous member of this family was the 16th-Century sculptor Willem Danielsz van Tetrode, who hailed from Delft.

The family name refers to the medieval clearing of forest in the area of dunes directly west of Haarlem, in what is now Overveen, to make the land suitable for cultivation.

Salomon van Ruysdael painted Haarlem from the dunes of Tetterode in the early 17th Century.

The Tetrodes were particularly prominent in Leiden, where members of this rich and influential family of brewers served as burgomasters and aldermen, sheriffs, militia officers and church officials.

Aernt van Tetrode (circa 1430-1471), sheriff and responsible for poor relief (Heilige Geestmeester) in Wassenaar, is considered the founder of the South Holland branch of the family.