Inger Oxe

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.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Ole Fenger, E. Ladewig Petersen, Adel forpligter--: studier over den danske adels gældsstiftelse ..., Volume 51
  2. ↑ Håkansson, Håkan (2006). Att låta själen flyga mellan himlens tinnar [Letting the soul fly among the turrets of the sky]. Stockholm, Sweden: Atlantis. ISBN 91-7353-104-9.
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