Brahe (originally ''Bragde'') is the name of two closely related

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n noble families who were influential in both

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and

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history. The noble families became extinct in Denmark in 1786 and in Sweden in 1930.

Danish family

The first member of the family using the name Brahe is speculated to have been Verner Braghde from Halland.''

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, CD-ROM edition, entry "Brahe", 2004.'' Better documented is Peder Axelsen Brahe, who appears in late 14th century records. He had two sons, Thorkild and . The Danish branch descended from Axel, and the Swedish branch descended from Thorkild's daughter, .''

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'' (Malmö. 1939) *

Jørgen Thygesen Brahe Jørgen Thygesen Brahe (''Jørgen Brahe til Tostrup i Skåne'') (1515 – June 21, 1565) was a member of the Danish nobility. Biography He was the son of Danish Councillor Thyge Axelsen Brahe til Tostrup (d. 1523) and brother of privy counci ...

(1515–1565): holder of a seignory *

Otte Brahe Otte Brahe (; 2 October 1518 – 9 May 1571) was a Danish (Scanian) nobleman and statesman, who served on the privy council ( Rigsraad, "Council of the Realm"). He was married to Beate Clausdatter Bille and was the father of astronomers Tycho a ...

(1517–1571): nobleman, governor and member of the , brother of Jørgen Thygesen ** Tycho Brahe (1546–1601): nobleman, astronomer, astrologer and alchemist, son of Otte, raised by Jørgen Thygesen ** Steen Ottesen Brahe (1547–1620), landowner, member of the and chamberlain to

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(queen consort to

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), son of Otte ** (1553–1601): holder of a seignory, son of Otte ** Sophia Brahe (1556–1643): horticulturalist, healer, historian and astronomer, daughter of Otte

Swedish family

Johanna Torkildsdotter from the Danish Brahe family, married Magnus Laurentsson in Sweden. Their son took his mother's family name Brahe, but not her family arms. Per Brahe was in 1561 granted the title of

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, and in 1620 the family was introduced in the House of Nobility () as the first counts. * Per Brahe the Elder (1520–1590): statesman **Erik Brahe (1552–1614): Count of Visingsborg **Gustaf Brahe (1558–1615), of Sweden – loyal to king Sigismund – and later,

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general ** Magnus Brahe (1564–1633): Lord High Steward of Sweden *** Ebba Brahe (1596–1674):

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and mistress of future King

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, wife of

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**Abraham Brahe (1569–1630): Swedish Count ***

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(1602–1680): soldier and statesman ***

Margareta Brahe Margareta Abrahamsdotter Brahe (28 June 1603, Rydboholm – 15 May 1669, Weferlingen) was a Swedish aristocrat and court official, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She aroused a lot of attentio ...

(1603–1669): lady-in-waiting for Queen Maria Eleonora and

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, consort of Gustavus Adolphus ***

Nils Brahe Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

(1604–1632): General in the Swedish army ****Nils Brahe (1633–1699): Swedish Count *Erik Brahe (1722–1756): Marshal and Colonel *Magnus Fredrik Brahe (1756–1826): Swedish Count ** Magnus Brahe (1790–1844): statesman and soldier

References

Other sources

*Carlsson, Gottfrid ''Brahe (släkt)'' ''

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'', bd 5, s. 637-641. * Weibull, Lauritz (1904) ''Sophia Brahe. Bidrag till den genealogiska forskningen i Danmark'' (Historical Journal för Skåne Country, s. 38-71)

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