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Brahe

Brahe (originally Bragde) is the name of a Scanian noble family that was influential in both Danish and Swedish history but has its family roots in Sweden. The first member of the family is speculated to have been Verner Braghde from Halland. Better documented is Peder Axelsen Brahe who appears in late 14th century records. He fathered two sons, Thorkild and Axel Pedersen Brahe. What later became the Danish branch descended from Axel and what later became the Swedish, descended from Thorkild's daughter, Johanna Torkildsdotter Brahe.

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Per Brahe was in 1561 granted dignity as a count by Eric XIV of Sweden and in 1620 was the family introduced on the Swedish House of Knights (Riddarhuset) as the first counts.

Danish family

  • Jørgen Thygesen Brahe (1515–1565): holder of a seignory
  • Otte Brahe (1517–1571): nobleman, governor and member of the Rigsraad, brother of Jørgen Thygesen
  • Tycho Brahe (1546–1601): nobleman, astronomer, astrologer and alchemist, son of Otte, raised by Jørgen Thygesen
  • Jørgen Ottesen Brahe (1553–1601): holder of a seignory, son of Otte
  • Sophia Brahe (1556–1643): horticulturalist, healer, historian and astronomer, daughter of Otte

    • Swedish family

  • Per Brahe the Elder (1520–1590): statesman
  • Erik Brahe (1552–1614): Count of Visingsborg
  • Gustaf Brahe (1558–1615), riksråd of Sweden – loyal to king Sigismund – and later, Polish general
  • Magnus Brahe (1564–1633): Lord High Steward of Sweden
  • Ebba Brahe (1596–1674): lady-in-waiting and mistress of future King Gustavus Adolphus, wife of Jakob De la Gardie
  • Abraham Brahe (1569–1630): Swedish Count
  • Per Brahe the Younger (1602–1680): soldier and statesman
  • Margareta Brahe (1603–1669): lady-in-waiting for Queen Maria Eleonora and Queen Christina of Sweden, consort of Gustavus Adolphus
  • Nils Brahe (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

    Brahe Wikipedia
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