Beate Clausdatter Bille
Danish noblewoman
Beate Clausdatter Bille (30 April 1526 – 18 October 1605) was a Danish noblewoman and vassal who was born into the noble Bille family and married into the Brahe family. As a member of the royal court, she was Chief Court Mistress to Queen Sophie from 1584 to 1592. She married statesman Otte Brahe and became a feudal fiefholder in her own right following the death of her husband.
She and her husband Otte had 12 children, 8 of whom survived into adulthood, including the influential scientists and astronomers Tycho and Sophia Brahe.
Biography
Beate Clausdatter Bille was born on 30 April 1526 at Skarhult Castle into the noble Bille family. Her father, Claus Bille, was a member of the Riksråd and her mother, Elisabeth Ulfstand, came from the Ulfstand family. She had two brothers: Jens Bille and Steen Bille (1527–1586). In 1544, as the age of 18, she married Otte Brahe. At the time, it was uncommon for aristocratic women to take their husband's surnames, and so she maintained her maiden name. Otto was a member of the Brahe family and, like her father, a member of the Riksråd.
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