Beate Clausdatter Bille was a Danish noblewoman, a member of the royal court, Chief Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Sophie from 1584 to 1592, the wife of statesman Otte Brahe, and a feudal fiefholder in her own right following the death of her husband.
Career
Beate Bille was the mother of astronomer Tycho Brahe. Her husband held substantial fiefdoms. After his death in 1571, Beate Bille kept the fiefdom of Froste in Scania and Vissenbjerg Birk at Fyn until 1575, and Rødinge fief in Scania until 1592.
She was also noted as a supporter of the arts
Membership
Born at Skarhult into the powerful and ancient noble Bille family, at 18 years old she married Otte Brahe of Knudstrup, a member of the equally powerful noble Brahe family.
