Inger Oxe

Inger Johansdatter Oxe (c. 1526 - 1591) was a Danish noblewoman and court official. She was Hofmesterinde to the Danish Queen Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.

She was the 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 the foster mother of 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.