Family Tree
Plantin-Moretus family tree (successive heads of the main Plantin-Moretus firm in bold).
Christophe Plantin (1520–1589) married Joanna Riviere; they had five daughters and a son
- Margaretha Plantin married Franciscus Raphelengius, who led the Leiden branch of the house. They stayed printers in Leiden for two more generations of Van Ravelinge, until 1619. A great-granddaughter of the last Van Ravelinge printer married in 1685 Jordaen Luchtmans, founder of what would become later the still existing Brill Publishers
- Martina Plantijn, married Jan Moretus (Johann Moerentorf) (1543–1610) in 1570; they had 10 children
- Balthasar I Moretus (1574–1641)
- Jan II Moretus (1576–1618) married Maria De Sweert; they had 6 children
- Balthazar II Moretus (1615–1674) married Anna Goos; they had 12 children
- Balthazar III Moretus (1646–1696) married Anna Maria de Neuf; they had 9 children
- Balthazar IV Moretus (1679–1730) married Isabella Jacoba De Mont (or De Brialmont); they had 8 children
- Joannes Jacobus Moretus (1690–1757) married Theresia Mechtildis Schilder; they had 9 children
- Franciscus Joannes Moretus (1717–1768) married Maria Theresia Josepha Borrekens, who led the office after his death until her death in 1797. They had 13 children
- Jacobus Paulus Josephus Moretus (1756–1808)
- Ludovicus Franciscus Xaverius Moretus (1758–1820)
- Josephus Hyacinthus Moretus (1762–1810) married Maria Henrica Coleta Wellens; they had 8 children
- Albertus Franciscus Hyacinthus Fredericus Moretus (1795–1865)
- Eduardus Josephus Hyacinthus Moretus (1804–1880). He sold the office to the city of Antwerp in 1876, after having printed the last book in 1866.
- Franciscus Joannes Moretus (1717–1768) married Maria Theresia Josepha Borrekens, who led the office after his death until her death in 1797. They had 13 children
- Balthazar III Moretus (1646–1696) married Anna Maria de Neuf; they had 9 children
- Balthazar II Moretus (1615–1674) married Anna Goos; they had 12 children
- Magdalena Plantin married Gilles Beys, who then ran the French branch of the Plantin office. This continued for one more generation.
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