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Margareta Abrahamsdotter Brahe (28 June 1603, Rydboholm – 15 May 1669, Weferlingen) was a Swedish aristocrat and court official, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She aroused a lot of attention with her marriages, which were considered scandalous.
1603-06-28 — 1669-05-15. Lady-in-waiting, property-owner, landgravine. Margareta Brahe was a Swedish noblewoman who through marriage became a Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg. Margareta Brahe both by birth and due to her three marriages belonged to the social, economic and political elite of a powerful Sweden.
- June 28, 1603
- May 15, 1669
Margareta Brahe (2 July 1559 – 26 April 1638) was a Swedish courtier; hovmästarinna (Mistress of the Robes) to princess Anna Vasa of Sweden, from 1591. Born to count Per Brahe the Elder and Beata Stenbock and niece of queen dowager Catherine Stenbock, she married noble Johan Larsson Sparre in 1587.
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May 26, 2023 · Countess Beata Margareta Brahe. Finnish: Kreivitär Beata Margareta Brahe, Swedish: Grevinna Beata Margareta Brahe. Birthdate: March 12, 1583. Birthplace: Rydboholm slott, Österåker, Uppland, Sweden. Death: July 27, 1645 (62) Torpa Stenhus, Tranemo, Västergötland, Sweden.
- Österåker, Uppland
- Rydboholm slott, Österåker, Uppland, Sweden
- March 12, 1583
- Tranemo, Västergötland, Sweden
Margareta Brahe (2 July 1559 – 26 April 1638) was a Swedish courtier; hovmästarinna (Mistress of the Robes) to princess Anna Vasa of Sweden, from 1591. Born to count Per Brahe the Elder and Beata Stenbock and niece of queen dowager Catherine Stenbock, she married noble Johan Larsson Sparre in 1587. She was the sister of Gustaf Brahe, who was ...
Count Nils Brahe (14 October 1604 – 21 November 1632) was a Swedish soldier and younger brother of Per Brahe and Margareta Brahe. He served with distinction under King Gustavus Adolphus, who regarded him as the best general in the Swedish army after Lennart Torstenson .
1603-06-28 — 1669-05-15. Hovdam, godsägare, lantgrevinna. Margareta Brahe var en svensk adelsdam som genom gifte blev lantgrevinna. Margareta Brahe tillhörde från födseln och genom sina tre äktenskap den svenska stormaktens sociala, ekonomiska och politiska elit.
