Brahe

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Brahe may also refer to the German name of the Brda river in Poland.

Brahe is the name of two influential families, one Danish and the other one Swedish. The Swedish family descends from the Danish through a maternal line.

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 Riddarhuset (House of Knights) as the first counts.

[edit] Notable members

[edit] The Danish family

• Otte Brahe (1517-1571): nobleman, governor and member of the Rigsraad
• Tycho Brahe (1546-1601): nobleman, astronomer, astrologer and alchemist
• Sophia Brahe (1556-1643): horticulturalist, healer, historian and astronomer

[edit] The Swedish family

• Per Brahe (the elder) (1520-1590): statesman
  • Erik Brahe (1552-1614)
  • Gustaf Brahe (1558-1615)
  • Magnus Brahe (1564-1633)
    • Ebba Brahe (1596-1674): lady-in-waiting and mistress of future king Gustavus Adolphus, wife of Jakob De la Gardie
  • Abraham Brahe (1577-1650)
    • Per Brahe (the younger) (1602-1680): soldier and statesman
    • Nils Brahe (1604-1632): general in the Swedish army
      • Nils Brahe (1633-1699)
• Erik Brahe (1722-1756)
• Magnus Fredrik Brahe (1756-1826),
  • Magnus Brahe (1790-1844): statesman and soldier