Personal
Erland van Lidth de Jeude married Annette Friend on September 22, 1986, with whom he had one son, Christiaan. His brother Philip van Lidth de Jeude, who was featured in the Dutch children's film, Abeltje (released November 1998), and sister Philine van Lidth de Jeude are also opera singers.
He was born into the Dutch noble family Van Lidth de Jeude and held the predicate of untitled nobility Jonkheer (comparable to the archaic usage of the British Esquire and cognate to the German Junker).
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