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Inger Oxe

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Inger Johansdatter Oxe (c. 1526 - 1591) was a Danish noble lady, sister to Peder Oxe Steward of the Realm, daughter of Johan Johansen Oxe and Mette Mogensdatter Gøye, and wife of Jørgen Tygesen Brahe. She was a lady in waiting to the Danish Queen Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and she fostered the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe whom she raised as her own son.

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