Van der Bellen family

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The Van der Bellen family (also spelled von der Bellen or van der Bellen, Russian: ван дер Беллен, [vɐn dʲɪr ˈbɛlʲɪn], originally Russian: фон дер Беллен, [fɐn dʲɪr ˈbɛlʲɪn],) is a Russian noble family of Dutch patrilineal descent. By intermarriage and cultural assimilation it became part of the Russian-German population in the Russian Empire. Its most famous member is Alexander Van der Bellen, the president of Austria. Family members held high offices in the regional government of the Pskov area in Imperial Russia and the family was recognised as noble by Russian authorities in the early 19th century. After the Russian Revolution, family members fled to Estonia and, following the 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, to Germany, The Netherlands and Austria.