# Brueghel family

The Brueghel family (/ˈbrɔɪɡəl/ BROY-gəl, US also /ˈbruːɡəl/ BROO-gəl, Dutch: ), also spelled Bruegel or Breughel, is an extended family of Dutch and Flemish painters who played a major role in the development of the art in Brabant and Flanders throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Due to the organisation in guilds and training being done with established painters and not in schools or academies, painters often passed on the knowledge from father to son (or, much more rarely, daughter), and there are many examples of Flemish painting families spanning two or more generations, e.g. the Francken family, which had at least ten painters spanning four generations. The Brueghel family produced the largest number of major painters of all Flemish families.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder used that spelling, but all later members of the family used Brueghel.

## Family tree

Mertens-Brueghel-Jode-Teniers family :
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jan Mertens the Elder | Jan Mertens the Elder | Jan Mertens the Elder | Jan Mertens the Elder | Jan Mertens the Elder | Jan Mertens the Elder | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jan Mertens the Younger | Jan Mertens the Younger | Jan Mertens the Younger | Jan Mertens the Younger | Jan Mertens the Younger | Jan Mertens the Younger | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Peeter Verhulst Bessemeers | Peeter Verhulst Bessemeers | Peeter Verhulst Bessemeers | Peeter Verhulst Bessemeers | Peeter Verhulst Bessemeers | Peeter Verhulst Bessemeers |
| | | | | Jan van Amstel | Jan van Amstel | Jan van Amstel | Jan van Amstel | Jan van Amstel | Jan van Amstel | | | Adriane van Dornicke | Adriane van Dornicke | Adriane van Dornicke | Adriane van Dornicke | Adriane van Dornicke | Adriane van Dornicke | | | Anna van Dornicke | Anna van Dornicke | Anna van Dornicke | Anna van Dornicke | Anna van Dornicke | Anna van Dornicke | | | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | | | Mayken Verhulst | Mayken Verhulst | Mayken Verhulst | Mayken Verhulst | Mayken Verhulst | Mayken Verhulst | | | Lysbeth Verhulst | Lysbeth Verhulst | Lysbeth Verhulst | Lysbeth Verhulst | Lysbeth Verhulst | Lysbeth Verhulst | | | Hubert Goltzius | Hubert Goltzius | Hubert Goltzius | Hubert Goltzius | Hubert Goltzius | Hubert Goltzius |
| | | | | | | | | Gerard de Jode | Gerard de Jode | Gerard de Jode | Gerard de Jode | Gerard de Jode | Gerard de Jode | | | Gillis van Coninxloo | Gillis van Coninxloo | Gillis van Coninxloo | Gillis van Coninxloo | Gillis van Coninxloo | Gillis van Coninxloo | | | Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Pieter Bruegel the Elder | | | Mayken Coecke | Mayken Coecke | Mayken Coecke | Mayken Coecke | Mayken Coecke | Mayken Coecke | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gillis I Coignet | Gillis I Coignet | Gillis I Coignet | Gillis I Coignet | Gillis I Coignet | Gillis I Coignet | | | | | | | | | | | Juliaen Teniers Joachimszone | Juliaen Teniers Joachimszone | Juliaen Teniers Joachimszone | Juliaen Teniers Joachimszone | Juliaen Teniers Joachimszone | Juliaen Teniers Joachimszone | | |
| Pieter de Jode I | Pieter de Jode I | Pieter de Jode I | Pieter de Jode I | Pieter de Jode I | Pieter de Jode I | | | Cornelis de Jode | Cornelis de Jode | Cornelis de Jode | Cornelis de Jode | Cornelis de Jode | Cornelis de Jode | | | Pieter Brueghel the Younger | Pieter Brueghel the Younger | Pieter Brueghel the Younger | Pieter Brueghel the Younger | Pieter Brueghel the Younger | Pieter Brueghel the Younger | | | Abraham Janssens | Abraham Janssens | Abraham Janssens | Abraham Janssens | Abraham Janssens | Abraham Janssens | | | Isabelle de Jode | Isabelle de Jode | Isabelle de Jode | Isabelle de Jode | Isabelle de Jode | Isabelle de Jode | | | Jan Brueghel the Elder | Jan Brueghel the Elder | Jan Brueghel the Elder | Jan Brueghel the Elder | Jan Brueghel the Elder | Jan Brueghel the Elder | | | | Catharina van Mariënburg | Catharina van Mariënburg | Catharina van Mariënburg | Catharina van Mariënburg | Catharina van Mariënburg | Catharina van Mariënburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gillis II Coignet | Gillis II Coignet | Gillis II Coignet | Gillis II Coignet | Gillis II Coignet | Gillis II Coignet | | | Suzanna Coignet | Suzanna Coignet | Suzanna Coignet | Suzanna Coignet | Suzanna Coignet | Suzanna Coignet | | | Juliaen Teniers the Elder | Juliaen Teniers the Elder | Juliaen Teniers the Elder | Juliaen Teniers the Elder | Juliaen Teniers the Elder | Juliaen Teniers the Elder | | | David Teniers the Elder | David Teniers the Elder | David Teniers the Elder | David Teniers the Elder | David Teniers the Elder | David Teniers the Elder | | | | | | | Erasmus Quellinus I | Erasmus Quellinus I | Erasmus Quellinus I | Erasmus Quellinus I | Erasmus Quellinus I | Erasmus Quellinus I |
| Pieter de Jode II | Pieter de Jode II | Pieter de Jode II | Pieter de Jode II | Pieter de Jode II | Pieter de Jode II | | | | | | | | | | | Pieter de Brueghel III | Pieter de Brueghel III | Pieter de Brueghel III | Pieter de Brueghel III | Pieter de Brueghel III | Pieter de Brueghel III | | | Anna-Maria Janssens | Anna-Maria Janssens | Anna-Maria Janssens | Anna-Maria Janssens | Anna-Maria Janssens | Anna-Maria Janssens | | | Jan Brueghel the Younger | Jan Brueghel the Younger | Jan Brueghel the Younger | Jan Brueghel the Younger | Jan Brueghel the Younger | Jan Brueghel the Younger | | | Paschasia Brueghel | Paschasia Brueghel | Paschasia Brueghel | Paschasia Brueghel | Paschasia Brueghel | Paschasia Brueghel | | | Hieronymus van Kessel the Younger | Hieronymus van Kessel the Younger | Hieronymus van Kessel the Younger | Hieronymus van Kessel the Younger | Hieronymus van Kessel the Younger | Hieronymus van Kessel the Younger | | | Ambrosius Brueghel | Ambrosius Brueghel | Ambrosius Brueghel | Ambrosius Brueghel | Ambrosius Brueghel | Ambrosius Brueghel | Catharina Brueghel | Catharina Brueghel | Catharina Brueghel | Catharina Brueghel | Catharina Brueghel | Catharina Brueghel | | | Jan Baptist Borrekens | Jan Baptist Borrekens | Jan Baptist Borrekens | Jan Baptist Borrekens | Jan Baptist Borrekens | Jan Baptist Borrekens | | | Anna Brueghel | Anna Brueghel | Anna Brueghel | Anna Brueghel | Anna Brueghel | Anna Brueghel | | | David Teniers the Younger | David Teniers the Younger | David Teniers the Younger | David Teniers the Younger | David Teniers the Younger | David Teniers the Younger | | | Abraham Teniers | Abraham Teniers | Abraham Teniers | Abraham Teniers | Abraham Teniers | Abraham Teniers | | | Erasmus Quellinus II | Erasmus Quellinus II | Erasmus Quellinus II | Erasmus Quellinus II | Erasmus Quellinus II | Erasmus Quellinus II | |
| Arnold de Jode | Arnold de Jode | Arnold de Jode | Arnold de Jode | Arnold de Jode | Arnold de Jode | | | | | | | Jan Pieter Brueghel | Jan Pieter Brueghel | Jan Pieter Brueghel | Jan Pieter Brueghel | Jan Pieter Brueghel | Jan Pieter Brueghel | | | Abraham Brueghel | Abraham Brueghel | Abraham Brueghel | Abraham Brueghel | Abraham Brueghel | Abraham Brueghel | | | Philips Brueghel | Philips Brueghel | Philips Brueghel | Philips Brueghel | Philips Brueghel | Philips Brueghel | | | Jan Baptist Brueghel | Jan Baptist Brueghel | Jan Baptist Brueghel | Jan Baptist Brueghel | Jan Baptist Brueghel | Jan Baptist Brueghel | | | Jan van Kessel the Elder | Jan van Kessel the Elder | Jan van Kessel the Elder | Jan van Kessel the Elder | Jan van Kessel the Elder | Jan van Kessel the Elder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | David Teniers III | David Teniers III | David Teniers III | David Teniers III | David Teniers III | David Teniers III | | | Cornelia Teniers | Cornelia Teniers | Cornelia Teniers | Cornelia Teniers | Cornelia Teniers | Cornelia Teniers | | | Jan-Erasmus Quellinus | Jan-Erasmus Quellinus | Jan-Erasmus Quellinus | Jan-Erasmus Quellinus | Jan-Erasmus Quellinus | Jan-Erasmus Quellinus | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ferdinand van Kessel | Ferdinand van Kessel | Ferdinand van Kessel | Ferdinand van Kessel | Ferdinand van Kessel | Ferdinand van Kessel | | | Jan van Kessel the Younger | Jan van Kessel the Younger | Jan van Kessel the Younger | Jan van Kessel the Younger | Jan van Kessel the Younger | Jan van Kessel the Younger | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | David Teniers IV | David Teniers IV | David Teniers IV | David Teniers IV | David Teniers IV | David Teniers IV | | |
The image above shows the main branch of the family. The complete list of all painters related to this family is longer though. In the below tree only the main family members have been included, not those brothers and sisters who didn't work as an artist or married a known artist.
The Teniers family joined the Brueghel family when David Teniers the Younger married Anna Brueghel, granddaughter of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and daughter of Jan Brueghel the Elder, in 1637.