Editing Tycho Brahe (section)

===Family===
Tycho Brahe was born as heir to several of Denmark's most influential noble families. In addition to his immediate ancestry with the [[Brahe]] and the [[Bille (noble family)|Bille families]], he counted the Rud, [[Trolle]], [[Ulfstand]], and [[Rosenkrantz (noble family)|Rosenkrantz]] families among his ancestors. Both of his grandfathers and all of his great-grandfathers had served as members of the Danish king's [[Riksråd|Privy Council]]. His paternal grandfather and namesake, Thyge Brahe, was the lord of [[Tosterup Castle]] in Scania and died in battle during the 1523 Siege of Malmö during the Lutheran Reformation Wars.{{sfn|Håkansson|2006|pp=39{{ndash}}40}}

His maternal grandfather, [[Claus Bille]], lord to [[Bohus Fortress|Bohus Castle]] and a second cousin of Swedish king [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]], participated in the [[Stockholm Bloodbath]] on the side of the Danish king against the Swedish nobles. Tycho's father, [[Otte Brahe]], a royal Privy Councilor (like his own father), married [[Beate Clausdatter Bille|Beate Bille]], a powerful figure at the Danish court holding several royal land titles. Tycho's parents are buried under the floor of the church of [[Kågeröd]], four kilometres west of [[Knutstorp Castle]].{{sfn|Håkansson|2006|pp=39{{ndash}}40}}