Carl Frederik von Breda was also a painter, who studied under his father. Breda died in Stockholm in 1818. Breda's great-grandfather Pieter emigrated to Stockholm around the year 1670 from the Netherlands. The "von Breda" family name seems to indicate a connection with the city of Breda. "Von" is not a Dutch preposition, but in the Nordic countries, this originally German preposition has occasionally been used as a part of names of ennobled families of native or foreign, but non-German, origin. Pieter's son Lucas (Carl's grandfather, 1676–1752) was a successful painter. His son Lucas (Carl's father, 1726–1799) was an "arbitrator in cases of shipwreck",
Breda, Iowa Breda, Iowa Breda is a city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. The population was 483 at the 2010 census. Breda had its start in the year 1877 by the building of the Maple branch of the Chicago and North Western railroad through that territory. It was named after the Dutch city of Breda by a settler native to that place. Breda is located at (42.182147, -94.977999). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 483 people, 211 households, and 135