L ep ont ine ▁Al ps ▁Category : Two - th ous and ers ▁of ▁Switzerland <0x0A> </s> ▁Just ine ▁Const ance ▁Wi rix - van ▁Mans vel t ▁( 2 2 ▁December ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁– ▁ 1 8 ▁August ▁ 1 9 3 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Dutch ▁Protest ant ▁expert ▁on ▁the ▁o e uv re ▁of ▁the ▁Italian ▁poet ▁and ▁writer ▁D ante ▁Al igh ieri ▁( 1 2 6 5 – 1 3 2 1 ). ▁ ▁B irth ▁Just ine ▁Const ance ▁van ▁Mans vel t ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Sch oon h oven ▁as ▁the ▁second ▁child ▁of ▁R in se ▁van ▁Mans vel t , ▁who ▁retired ▁with ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁art illery ▁major , ▁and ▁August ina ▁Maria ▁Wilhelm ina ▁S ling eland . ▁Their ▁first ▁child , ▁Just ine ' s ▁brother ▁George ▁Louis , ▁died ▁very ▁young . ▁ ▁Just ine ' s ▁ancest ors ▁clearly ▁had ▁a ▁v ivid ▁interest ▁in ▁literature . ▁Her ▁grand father ▁from ▁mother ' s ▁side , ▁the ▁magistr ate ▁Le end ert ▁S ling eland ▁( hus band ▁of ▁Ge er tr uy ▁Ho ek ), ▁was ▁a ▁former ▁literature ▁student ▁and ▁worked ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁Sch oon h oven ▁residents ▁at ▁the ▁placing ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁statue ▁of ▁Laur ens ▁J ans zo on ▁Cost er ▁( ca . ▁ 1 3 7 0 – 1 4 4 0 ) ▁at ▁the ▁G rote ▁Mark t ▁in ▁H aar lem .