BRAHE
David Collyer
>Hi I was asked a question about the swedish nobel family Brahe and thought
>that someone more might like to know about them so here they are from the
>early 16th centery until they died out in 1930. The house of Brahe, the
>first nobel family recive a swedish Count title, which happen in 1561. The
>Brahe family has its orgins in Denmark and came to Sweden in late early 15th
>century.
I found the info on the BRAHE family most interesting, for I have come
across this name only once before. There is a BRAHE family here in Victoria,
Australia!! One of the daughters (May) born around the 1880s became
Australia's most prolific composer ever. May BRAHE wrote about 400 songs,
the most famous being "Bless This House O Lord We Pray". She did most of her
composing in the UK but died back here in Melbourne in 1956. Unfortunately I
don't know her married name. When I looked into her family some years back
they seemed very definitely of German origin to me.
Regards
David in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
>
>Per (or Peder) (Joakimsson) Brahe, he was one of the first native swedish
>nobel that used a family name. Born May 1520, Lindholmen (the same place as
>king Gustaf I (Vasa) of Sweden), Sweden. died 1 Sep 1590 in Sundby,
>Sodermanland, Sweden. He married 10 Mar 1549 Beata Gustafsdotter, Baroness
>(Friherrina) Stenbock, born 1533, died 20 Apr 1583 in Rydboholm, Sweden.
>There childen were:
>1: Joakim Brahe b.1551 in Torpa, Sweden, d.1560 in Husiin, Finland (which at
>that time was a part of Sweden). He was accidently kill in by his unkle Sten
>Gustafsson (Stenbock) while hunting.
>2: Erik Brahe, Se a1 Below.
>3: Margareta Brahe, b. and d. 1553 in Rydboholm, Sweden. She died after only
>eleven days.
>4: Cecilia Brahe, b. and d. 1554 in Lindholmen, Sweden. She died after only
>eight days.
>5: Ebba Brahe, b. 22 Apr 1555 in Torpa, Sweden, d. 11 Jul 1633 in Vadstena,
>Sweden. She married 12 Oct 1578 Baron Erik Sparre, b.1550, d.1600 executed
>by king Charles IX. He was Chancellor in Sweden from about 1594.
>6: Catharina Brahe, b.12 Aug 1556 in Stockholm, Sweden, d. 12 Sep 1598 in
>Stockholm, Sweden. She married Christoffer Schenck, Baron of Tautenburg,
>d.1615.
>7: Gustaf Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b. 8 Mar 1558 in Rydboholm, Sweden,
>d. 11 Jan 1611 in Danzig (Gdansk), Poland. He Supported king Sigismund of
>Sweden (also King Sigismund III of Poland) and he fled from Sweden in 1599,
>When king Charles IX, despost king Sigismund.
>8: Margareta Brahe, b. 1559 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d.24 Feb 1636 Visingso,
>Sweden. She married in 1590 Johan Sparre, Baron of Bergvara, b.1551, d.1599,
>He was executed by king Charles IX, for supporting king Sigismund.
>9: Anna Brahe, b.1560, d.30 Aug 1561 in Rydboholm, Sweden.
>10: Magnus Brahe, Se nr a2 below.
>11: Johan Brahe, b.1562, d.12 Aug 1562 in Visingsborg, Visingso. Sweden.
>12: Sigrid Brahe, b.24 Apr 1566 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d.1613 in Poland. She
>married 19 Mar 1595 to Johan Gyllenstierna, Baron of Fogelvik, b.1569, d.Mar
>1617 in Danzig (Gdansk) Poland, He supported king Sigismund and fled the
>country in 1599, when king Charles IX despost Sigismund.
>13: Abraham Brahe, Se nr a3 Below.
>
>a1. Erik Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b. 4 Sep 1552 in Rydboholm, Sweden,
>d.15 Apr 1614 in Danzig (Gdansk), Poland. He Supported king Sigismund of
>Sweden (also King Sigismund III of Poland) and he fled from Sweden in 1599,
>When king Charles IX, despost king Sigismund. He married 24 Jun 1582
>Elisabeth, prinsess of Brunswick-Luneburg, 1553-1618.
>There only child was:
>1: Beata Margareta Brahe, b.12 Mar 1583 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d.7 Jul 1646
>in Langhem, Sweden. She married 1607 in Torpa, Sweden, Gustaf Stenbock,
>Baron of Oresten, b.1575, d.1629.
>
>a2. Magnus Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.8 Sep 1561, d. 4 Mar 1603 in
>Stockholm, Sweden. He Supported king Charles IX, and not king Sigimsmund as
>his two older brothers did. He married 1st 10 Nov 1596, Countess Brita
>Lewenhaupt, b.1567, d.20 Mar 1601, and 2nd 18 Okt 1601 to Baroness Elena
>Bielke, b.1582, d.1651.
>He hade one child by his first wive:
>1: Ebba Brahe, b.10 Mar 1596 in Lerjeholm, Sweden, d.5 Jan 1674 in
>Stockholm, Sweden. She married 24 Jun 1618 Jacob de la Gardie, Count of
>Lacko, Council of the Realm and Marshal of the Realm, b.1583, d. 1652 in
>Stockholm, Sweden.
>
>a3. Abraham Brahe, b.25 Mar 1569 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d. 16 Mar 1630 in
>Rydboholm Sweden, He like his brother Magnus supported king Charles IX
>against king Sigismund. He married 11 Mar 1599 Baroness Elsa Gyllenstierna,
>b.1577, d.1650.
>There children were:
>1: Beata Brahe, b.28 Nov 1599 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d.2 Sep 1617 in
>Stockholm, Sweden.
>2: Ebba Brahe, b.9 Feb 1601 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.13 Jan 1638 in
>Stockholm, Sweden. She married in 1630 Axel Banér, b.1594, d.1642. A high
>officer in the Swedish armé, and brother of Johan Banér, Who was swedish
>Supreme commander of the swedish force in Germany, after the death of king
>Gustvus II Adolphus of Sweden in 1632.
>3: Per Brahe, se b1 below.
>4: Margareta Brahe, b. 28 Jun 1603 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d.11 May 1669 in
>Werlingen, Germany. She married 1st 8 jun 1633 to Bengt Oxenstierna, Baron
>of Ekebyholm, b.1591, d.1643. 2nd 20 Aug 1648 to Johan Oxenstiern, Count of
>Sodramore (South More). And 3rd 12 Maj 1661 to Landgraf Frederick II of
>Hesse-Homburg, b.1633 d.1708.
>5: Nils Brahe, se b2 below.
>6: Carl Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.23 Dec 1606 in Rydboholm, Sweden,
>d.30 Apr 1670.
>7: Joakim Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.21 May 1607 in Rydboholm, Sweden,
>d.18 Sep 1630 in Stettin, Germany. A Captain in the Swedish Royal
>Lifeguards.
>8: Catharina Brahe, b.30 Apr 1608 in Stromsholm, Sweden, d.30 Apr 1630 in
>Stromsholm, Sweden.
>9: Christna Brahe, b.10 Jul 1609, d.24 Mar 1681. She married 2 Okt 1638 to
>Åke Tott, Baron of Ekolsund, b.1598, d.1640.
>10: Erik Brahe, b.15 Dec 1610, d.1611
>
>b1. Per Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.18 Feb 1602 in Rydboholm, Sweden,
>d.28 Okt 1680 in Abo (Turko), Finland. He was govenor of Finland. He married
>1st 11 Apr 1628 to Baroness Kristina Stenbock, b.1611, d.1640, and 2nd to
>Baroness Beata de la Gardie, b.1612, d.1680
>He hade the following children, all by his first wife:
>1: Ebba Beata Brahe, b.31 Aug 1629 in Rydboholm, Sweden, b.4 Apr 1653 in
>Vadstena, Swedem. She married 19 Jun 1649 Duke Adolf Johan von Zweibruken,
>b.1629, d.1689. He was brother to the Swedish king Charles X Gustavus (Carl
>X Gustaf).
>2: Magdalena Hedwig Brahe, b.16 Maj 1631 in Lindholmen, Sweden, d.16 Jul
>1634 in Lindö, Sweden.
>3: Abraham Joakim Brahe, b.19 Jun 1634 in Visingsborg, Sweden, d. 28 Dec
>1639.
>4: Fredik Brahe, b.7 Jan 1636 in Visingsborg, Sweden, d.11 Jul 1637.
>
>b2. Nils Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, General i the Swedish army, b. 11 Okt
>1604 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d. 6 Nov 1632 in Lützen, Germany, he was killed
>in the same battle as Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden. He married in 1628
>Baroness Anna Bielke, b.1603, d.1642.
>There children were:
>1: Elsa Elisabet Brahe, b.29 Jan 1629 in Stettin, Germany, d.2 Feb 1692 in
>Stegeborg, Sweden. She married 1st 1 Sep 1648 to Erik Oxenstierna, Count of
>Sodramore (South More), b.1624, d.1656. He was chancellor of Sweden. she
>married 2nd 19 Feb 1661 Duke Adolf Johan von Zweibrücken, Brother to the
>Swedish king Charles X Gustavus (Carl X Gustaf).
>2: Nils Brahe, se c1 below.
>
>c1. Nils Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.10 Apr 1633 in Rydboholm, Sweden,
>d.25 Dec 1699 in Stockholm, Sweden. He married 27 Dec 1661 to Countess
>Margaret Wrangel, b.1642, d.9 Jul 1709.
>There children were:
>1: Eleonora Margaret Brahe, b.19 Okt 1661, d.1 Nov 1711. She married 31 Mar
>1680 to Carl Bonde, Count of Björkö, b.1660, d.1719.
>2: Per Carl Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.1 Jun 1664 in Stockholm, Sweden,
>d.17 Dec 1679 in Uppsala, Sweden.
>3: Magnus Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.7 Feb 1666 in Stockholm, Sweden,
>d.11 Feb 1666 in Stockholm, Sweden.
>4: Abraham Brahe, se d1 below.
>
>d1. Abraham Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, Majorgeneral in the Swedish army.
>b.24 Aug 1669 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.6 Maj 1719 in Stockholm, Sweden. He
>married 1st 6 Jun 1695 to Countess Eva Bielke, b.1677, d.1715, and 2nd 11
>Okt 1717 to Countess Margareta Bonde, b.1680, d.1727.
>Children by is first wife:
>1: Nils Brahe, se e1 below.
>2: Carl Gustaf Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.13 Aug 1698 in Stettin,
>Germany, d.19 Aug 1698 in Stettin, Germany.
>3: Abraham Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.31 Jan 1700 in Stettin, Germany,
>d.4 Feb 1700 in Stettin, Germany.
>4: Per Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.12 Sep 1701 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.1
>Apr 1721 in Paris, France, He died in smallpox.
>5: Ulrika Juliana Brahe, b.24 Aug 1702 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.10 Apr 1765.
>She married Count Gyllenstierna of Helgo, b.1670, d.1731.
>6: Magnus Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.18 Feb 1703 in Stockholm, Sweden,
>d.1 Feb 1718.
>7: Eva Christina Brahe, b.26 Jan 1706 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.5 Dec 1719 in
>Stockholm, Sweden.
>8: Gustaf Brahe, Count of Visingsborg , b.6 May 1708 in Stockholm, Sweden,
>d.21 Apr 1710 in Stockholm, Sweden.
>9: Sigrid Brahe, b.6 Okt 1709 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.21 Jun 1712 in
>Stockholm, Sweden.
>Children by is second wife:
>1: Christina Anna Brahe, b.27 Jul 1717 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.14 Mar 1739
>in Vadstena, Sweden. She married Carl Fredrik Hamilton, Baron of Hageby,
>b.1705, d.1753.
>
>e1. Nils Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.26 Aug 1697 in Stettin, Germany, d.5
>Sep 1722 in Stockholm, Sweden. He married 26 Maj 1720 Countess Fredrika
>Stenbock, b.1701, d.1723.
>There children were:
>1: Abraham Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.12 Apr 1721 in Stockholm, Sweden,
>d.21 May 1723 in Stockholm, Sweden.
>2: Erik Brahe, se f1 below.
>
>f1. Erik Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, Colonel in the swedish army. b.25 Jun
>1722 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.23 Jul 1756 at Riddarholmen, Stockholm, Sweden.
>He was executed after he and the royal family tried to preform a coup to
>incres the kings power. He married 1st 12 Dec 1745 to Baroness Eva Sack,
>b.1727, d.1753, and 2nd 28 Apr 1754 to Countess Christina Piper, b.1734,
>d.1800.
>Children by his first wife:
>1: Per Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.19 Nov 1746 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.27
>Jun 1772 in Stralsund, Germany.
>2: Nils Gabriel Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.14 Dec 1747 in Stockholm,
>Sweden, d.7 Jun 1756 in Stockholm, Sweden.
>3: Abraham Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.8 Aug 1749, d.23 Mar 1751 in
>Stockholm, Sweden.
>4: Eva Fredrika Brahe, b.7 Okt 1750, d.17 Feb 1756.
>5: Christina Brahe, b.1 Mar 1752 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.6 Jun 1756 in
>Stockholm, Sweden.
>Children by his second wife:
>1: Ulrika Juliana Brahe, b.3 Jul 1755, d.11 Feb 1756.
>2: Magnus Fredrik Brahe, se g1 below.
>
>g1. Magnus Fredrik Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.15 Oct 1756, d.12 Dec 1826
>in Stockholm, Sweden. He married 1st 20 Apr 1779 to Baroness Ulrika
>Catharina Koskull, b.1759, d.1805, and 2nd 23 Sep 1806 to Baroness Aurore
>Wilhelmine Koskull, b.1778, d.1852.
>Children by his first wife:
>1: Christina Charlotta Brahe, b.13 Feb 1780 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.4 May
>1792 in Stockholm, Sweden.
>2: Ebba Ulrika Brahe, b.23 Jan 1781, d.8 Aug 1782.
>3: Ulrika Catharina Brahe, b.7 Aug 1783 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.17 Aug 1824
>in Stockholm, Sweden.
>4: Eva Juliana Brahe, b.19 Feb 1785, d.25 Jul 1803 in Skarhult, Sweden.
>5: Nils Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b. and d. 29 Apr 1787 in Stockholm,
>Sweden.
>6: Per Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.6 Sep 1789 in Rydboholm, Sweden, d.29
>Maj 1792 in Stockholm, Sweden.
>7: Magnus Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.2 sep 1790 in Rydboholm, Sweden,
>d.16 Sep 1844 in Stockholm. He was chancellor of Sweden.
>Children by his second wife:
>1: Ulrika Wilhelmina Brahe, b.9 Oct 1794 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.29 Sep 1875
>in Stockholm, Sweden. She married 2 Jun 1825 Baron Jacob Wilhelm
>Sprengtporten, b.1794, d.1875.
>2: Nils Fredrik Brahe, se h1 below.
>3: Aurore Amalie Brahe, b.19 Jun 1816 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.11 Jun 1876 in
>Krageholm, Sweden.
>4: Ebba Eleonora Brahe, b.11 Sep 1818 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.22 Apr 1842 in
>Stockholm, Sweden. She married 26 Apr 1838 to Count Adolf Fredrik
>Gyldenstolpe, b.1799, d.1864. He was chancellor of Sweden and General in the
>army.
>
>h1. Nils Fredrik Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.22 Jul 1812 in Stockholm,
>Sweden, d.14Dec 1850 in Stockholm, Sweden. He married 10 Mar 1836 Countess
>Hedwig Piper, b.1808, d.1886.
>There children:
>1: Aurore Brahe, b.25 Nov 1836, d.13 Dec 1836.
>2: Ebba Aurore Brahe, 18 Jan 1838 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.16 Jan 1873. She
>married Baron Fredrik von Essen, chancellor of Sweden, b.1831, d.1869.
>3: Nils Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.5 Dec 1839, d.6 Sep 1875
>4: Claes Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.6 Aug 1841 in Stockholm, Sweden,
>d.10 Jun 1907 in Stockholm, Sweden.
>5: Ebba Ulrika Brahe, b.11 Oct 1842 in Stockholm, Sweden, d.20 Nov 1872 in
>Stockholm, Sweden. She married 26 Nov 1863 Count Conrad von Rosén, b.1835
>6: Magnus Brahe, Count of Visingsborg, b.1 Okt 1849, d.1930. The last in the
>Brahe line, when he died in 1930 the family of Brahe died out. He married 12
>Jan 1897 Baroness Anna Nordenfalk, b.1862
>
>Sources:
>The Genealogy of Riddarhuset (The Swedish nobel assembly house in
>Stockholm).
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>Johan Andersson
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>johan.a...@mbox339.swipnet.se
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