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Brahe (disambiguation).
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Brahe (originally Bragde) is the name of two closely related
Scanian noble families who were influential in both
Danish and
Swedish 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.[1] Better documented is Peder Axelsen Brahe, who appears in late 14th century records. He had two sons, Thorkild and
Axel Pedersen Brahe [
da].
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.