Image Uraniborgskiss 90.jpg thumb right 150px Tycho Brahe s Uraniborg from his 1598 mechanica book Image Uraniborg main building.jpg thumb right 150px Tycho Brahe s Uraniborg main building from the 1663 Blaeu s Atlas Major Uranienborg lang sv Uraniborg was a Denmark Danish Observatory astronomical observatory operated by Tycho Brahe built circa 1576 1580 on Hven , an island in the Oresund resund between Zealand Denmark Zealand and Scania , which at that time was part of Denmark. Shortly after its construction the observatory was expanded with an underground facility, Stjerneborg , on an adjacent site. Uraniborg was demolished in 1601, shortly after Brahe fell out of favour with the Danish king and left the country, and Hven was later lost to Sweden . The Rundet rn Round Tower in Copenhagen ... being restored. The main building of Uraniborg was square, about 15 meters on a side, and built ... to a widow s walk , accessed via a spiral staircase from the 3rd floor. Uraniborg also featured ... at the other. ref http www.tychobrahe.com UK uraniborg.html Uraniborg Observatory, Laboratory and Castle ref A large wall, 75 meters on a side and 5.5 meters high was planned to surround Uraniborg, but never ... of the observatory still in place. Uraniborg was located in the very middle, with an extensive ... being re created, using seeds found on site or identified in Tycho s writings. Uraniborg was an extremely ... construction,. ref name castle http www.hven.net EUBORG.html TYCHO BRAHE S castle URANIBORG and his ... to Uraniborg, with a wall of similar shape surrounding the site, although the enclosed area was much ..., Christian IV of Denmark , Tycho abandoned Hven in 1597 and both Uraniborg and Stjerneborg were destroyed ...&ll 55.907811,12.696403&spn 0.001765,0.005869&t h&z 18&om 1 Google Map of Uraniborg and to the south ... Uraniborg et Uraniborg es Uraniborg fr Uraniborg ko it Uraniborg lb Uraniborg nl Uraniborg no Uranienborg observatorium pl Uranienborg pt Uranienborg ru sv Uraniborg ... more details
Uranienborg can be Uranienborg, Norway Uraniborg or Uranienborg , the astronomical astrological observatory of Tycho Brahe on the island of Hven . geodis fr Uranienborg sv Uranienborg ... more details
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Year nav topic 1575 science The year 1575 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy Cornelius Gemma is credited with publishing the first scientific illustration of the Aurora astronomy aurora , in his discussion of Tycho Brahe The 1572 supernova the 1572 supernova . ref University of Oklahoma Libraries, History of Science Collections, Recent Acquisitions, The First Book Printed on Tycho Brahe s Printing Press at Uraniborg Diarium , 1586, The Lynx 2 November 2005 , p. 9 http hsci.cas.ou.edu images lynx Lynx 02 view.pdf online with Gemma s illustration. ref Geology December 16 1575 Valdivia earthquake Valdivia earthquake in Chile . Mathematics Guilielmus Xylander uses parallel vertical lines to indicate Equals sign equality . Medicine First publication of Ambroise Par s collected works, Les oeuvres de M. Ambroise Par , in Paris , including some of the earliest descriptions of forensic medicine . Publications Cornelius Gemma publishes De naturae divinis characterismis in Antwerp . ref http www.livinghistory.co.uk homepages hermes gemma.htm Cornelius Gemma Cosmology, Medicine and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Louvain conference proceedings. ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT 1575 In Science Category 1575 in science fr 1575 en science hu 1575 a tudom nyban mk 1575 ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 File Tycho Brahe s Stjerneborg.jpg thumb right 150px drawing of an above ground view of Stjerneborg File Stjerneborg.jpg thumb right 150px Stjerneborg as it exists today File Stellaburgi subterranean observatory schematic.jpg thumb right 150px schematic of Stjerneborg showing underground chambers Stjerneborg Star Castle in English was Tycho Brahe s underground observatory next to his palace observatory Uraniborg , located on the island of Hven in Oresund . Tycho Brahe built it circa 1581. He writes My purpose was partly to have placed some of the most important instruments securely and firmly in order that they should not be exposed to the disturbing influence of the wind, and should be easier to use, partly to separate my collaborators when there were several with me at the same time, and have some of them make observations in the castle itself, others in these cellars, in order that they should not get in the way of each other or compare their observations before I wanted this. ref name AIM cite book last Brahe first Tycho title Astronomi instaurat Mechanica year 1598 location Wandsbek pages 82 83 url http www.kb.dk en nb tema webudstillinger brahe mechanica brahe fsi.html?page 82 ref He named it Stiernburg in vernacular or Stell burgus in Latin . Both the Danish and Latin names mean castle of the stars . The underground portions of the observatory were excavated in the 1950s and are today fitted with a roof approximating the original one. The chambers now house a multimedia show open to the public. Click on the schematic for more details on the function of the various chambers. References references coord 55.9068 N 12.6967 E source kolossus dawiki display title Category Astronomical observatories in Denmark Category Danish architecture Category History of Denmark Category 1580s architecture Denmark hist stub Observatory stub be x old da Stjerneborg de Stjerneborg et Stjerneborg fr Stjerneborg lb Stjerneborg no Stjerneborg ... more details
coord 59 55 20.402 N 10 43 7.5036 E scale 5000 display title File Uranienborg map 1900.jpg thumb Map of Uranienborg, c.1900 File Uranienborgparken1.JPG right thumb Uranienborg park with spire of Uranienborg Church File Uranienborgparken3.JPG right thumb Hans Nielsen Hauge statue in Uranienborgparken Uranienborg is a neighborhood in the borough of Frogner in Oslo , Norway . History Originally a rural area in the former municipality Aker, Norway Aker , it was incorporated into Oslo Christiania city in 1859. The property used to have a wonderful view, and it was therefore named after the famous observatory Uraniborg Uranienborg at the island of Ven, Sweden Ven . It received public transport with the Briskeby Line . From 1988 to 2004 it formed the borough Uranienborg Majorstuen together with Majorstuen in 2004 it was incorporated into Frogner borough. ref name snl cite encyclopedia year 2007 title Uranienborg Oslo encyclopedia Store norske leksikon publisher Kunnskapsforlaget location Oslo url http www.snl.no Uranienborg Oslo editor Henriksen, Petter language Norwegian accessdate 3 April 2009 ref Uranienborg Park Uranienborg is the site of no Uranienborgparken Uranienborgparken , the park where no Uranienborg kirke Uranienborg Church is located. The park contains a bronze statue of Lutheran church reformer, Hans Nielsen Hauge . The church is noted for its interior design by architect Arnstein Arneberg and for its stained glass by the artist Emanuel Vigeland . ref http www.artemisia.no arc historisk quiz q01.html Uranienborg kirke Architecture in Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget, 1999 ref References reflist External links http www.uranienborgkirke.no Uranienborg Church http www.uranienborg.gs.oslo.no Uranienborg School Commons Category Uranienborg, Oslo Commons Category Uranienborgparken Category Neighbourhoods of Oslo Oslo geo stub et Uranienborg eo Uranienborg fr Uranienborg Norv ge no Uranienborg sv Uranienborg, Oslo ... more details
File Christoph Rothmann.signature.png thumb Signature of Mathematicus Christophorus Rothmannus Bernburgensis Christoph Rothmann born between 1550 and 1560 in Bernburg , Saxony Anhalt died probably after 1600 in Bernburg was a German mathematician and one of the few well known astronomers of his time. His research contributed substantially to the fact that Kassel became a European center of the astronomy in the 16th century. Life It is not known today when Rothmann was born, although it is known that his place of birth was Bernberg on the Saale, probably between 1550 and 1560. After a basic education he studied theology and mathematics in Wittenberg with support of the prince, Joachim Ernst von Anhalt . Rothmann s enthusiasm for the astronomy was substantial. Christoph Rothmann was appointed in 1577 as court mathematician in Kassel by Prince Wilhelm IV of Hessen. From 1584 to 1590 he was active in astronomy at the observatory of the prince. His research contributed substantially to the fact that Kassel became a center of the astronomical research. In 1590 he visited Tycho Brahe in Uraniborg on the island Ven, but did not return to Kassel. After the trip to Uranienburg he lived until his death in Bernberg and wrote additional unknown theological writings. Work Christoph Rothmann computed and implemented the Kassel star catalog between 1585 and 1587 almost exclusively under the technical sponsorship of Prince Wilhelm IV. Rothmann was a convinced follower of Nikolaus Copernicus , who justified the heliocentrism heliocentric view of the world. In contrast to his prominent astronomical colleagues he fell into oblivion in the 17th century. In the 16th century in Europe two groups of researchers with the list of new more exact star catalogs had out done. On side the well known Dane Tycho Brahe , who had established the famous observatory Uraniborg on the island Ven, and a group of astronomers in Kassel at the court of the prince. Here Rothmann and Joost B rgi , a Swiss math ... more details
Image Aql bode.jpg thumb 300px Constellations Antinous below and Aquila Adler in German . From Johann Bode s Vorstellung der Gestirne 1782 Antinous is an obsolete constellation no longer in use by astronomers, having been merged into Aquila constellation Aquila , which it bordered to the North. The constellation was created by the Roman Emperor emperor Hadrian in 132 . According to legend, Hadrian was told by an oracle that only death of his most beloved person would save him from a great danger. Sure enough, Antinous , a beautiful youth loved by Hadrian, died while saving the Emperor from drowning in the Nile . For his memory Hadrian identified an asterism astronomy asterism in the sky with Antinous. Tycho Brahe was originally given credit for inventing Antinous, but current finds include a celestial globe by the Cartography cartographer Caspar Vopel from 1536 that contains Antinous, ref http www.ianridpath.com startales antinous.htm Star Tales Antinous , by Ian Ridpath ref ref http members.westnet.com.au Gary 2DDavid 2DThompson page9m.html An Outline Sketch of the Origin and History of Constellations and Star Names by Gary D. Thompson, search for Antinous ref so Brahe simply measured up the sky according to modern cartographer traditions and decided to give Antinous a separate table in his star catalogue . ref Tycho B., ed. Stellarum Inerrantium Plurimarum et Praecipuarum... , Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata , Prague Pragae Bohemiae , Uraniborg Uraniburgi Denmark Daniae , 1602, p. 269 Left l . br Johannes Kepler Kerler, J. , ed. Catalogus Stellarum Fixarum, Mille ex Accuratis... , Rudolphine Tables Tabulae Rudolphinae , 1627, p. 108. http www.ub.uni kiel.de digiport bis1800 Arch3 436.html by Kepler, Brahe, Bartsch, in Universit tsbibliothek Kiel scan, enter 257 in the text box and press Zu Zeite... ref In the following modern times, Antinous has been variously considered an asterism within Aquila or as a separate constellation, until the International Astron ... more details
Year nav topic 1576 science The year 1576 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy August 8 Work begins on Tycho Brahe s Uraniborg observatory on Hven in resund . ref cite web title The Tycho Brahe calendar url http www.nada.kth.se fred tycho tychomalnak.html accessdate 2011 04 19 ref ref cite book title On Tycho s Island Tycho Brahe and His Assistants, 1570 1601 first John Robert last Christianson publisher Cambridge University Press year 2000 isbn 052165081X ref Botany Carolus Clusius publishes Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Hispanias observatarum historia , one of the earliest Flora book Flora s of the Iberian Peninsula . ref name tt cite book chapter 1576 first Bernard last Grun title The Timetables of History edition 3rd location New York publisher Simon & Schuster year 1991 isbn 0 671 74919 6 page 255 ref ref cite book last Egmond first Florike title The World of Carolus Clusius Natural History in the Making, 1550 1610 location London publisher Pickering & Chatto year 2010 isbn 1848930089 ref probable date Leonhard Rauwolf publishes the herbal Viertes Kreutterbuech &ndash darein vil schoene und frembde Kreutter , the earliest Flora book Flora of the Near East . Exploration July Martin Frobisher s expedition enters Frobisher Bay . ref name tt Geophysics Robert Norman measures magnetic dip . ref name tt ref cite journal first Paul last Serson title Tracking the north magnetic pole journal New Scientist date 1981 06 04 page 616 accessdate 2011 04 20 url http books.google.co.uk books?id gLuSoy6WvSEC&pg PA616&lpg PA616&dq 22Robert Norman 22 magnetic inclination 22New Scientist 22&source bl&ots d8 1LiXz0b&sig 3ev1 KBQtVog76CXkC Oo3YeBHE&hl en&ei P76uTcCHA5KJhQfzp5XgAw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CBkQ6AEwAA v onepage&q&f false ref Births Salomon de Caus , French people French mechanical engineer d. 1626 in science 1626 Deaths June 2 Volcher Coiter , Netherlands Dutch anatomist b. 1534 in science 1534 Sep ... more details
Year nav topic 1588 science The year 1588 in science and technology , Spanish Armada Armada year, included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy Tycho Brahe publishes De mundi aetheri recentioribus phaenomenis in Uraniborg . Giovanni Paolo Gallucci publishes his star atlas Theatrum Mundi et Temporis . History of science October 7 The first biography of Nicolaus Copernicus d. 1543 in science 1543 is completed by Bernardino Baldi . Mathematics Pietro Cataldi discovers the sixth and seventh Mersenne prime s by this year. ref cite web last Caldwell first Chris url http primes.utm.edu notes by year.html title The largest known prime by year accessdate 2011 12 30 ref Giovanni Antonio Magini is chosen over Galileo Galilei Galileo to occupy the chair of mathematics at the University of Bologna after the death of Egnatio Danti . Ferdinando I de Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany , appoints Galileo to the professorship of mathematics at the University of Pisa . Medicine Joachim Camerarius the younger publishes Hortus medicus . ref cite book first Bernard last Grun title The Timetables of History edition 3rd location New York publisher Simon & Schuster year 1991 isbn 0 671 74919 6 page 261 ref Thomas Muffet publishes Nosomantica Hippocratea . Technology Agostino Ramelli publishes Le diverse et artificiose Machine Dal Ponte Della Tresia Ingegniero del Christianissimo Re di Francia et di Pollonia in Paris. Births May 2 tienne Pascal , French people French mathematician d. 1651 in science 1651 May 13 Ole Worm , Denmark Danish physician and antiquary d. 1655 in science 1655 September 8 Marin Mersenne , French mathematician d. 1648 in science 1648 December 10 Isaac Beeckman , Netherlands Dutch philosopher and scientist d. 1637 in science 1637 Jean Jacques Chifflet , French physician and antiquary d. 1660 in science 1660 Jan Janssonius , Dutch cartographer d. 1664 in science 1664 Cassiano dal Pozzo , Italian people Italian scholar and patron d. 1657 in science 16 ... more details
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other uses Unreferenced date February 2011 Image Urania.jpg thumb Detail of the painting The Muses Urania and Calliope ca. 1634 by Simon Vouet Urania IPAc en icon j r e n i lang el which stems from the Greek word for heavenly or of heaven was, in Greek mythology , the muse of astronomy. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus mythology Linus . She is usually depicted with a globe in her left hand. She is able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars. She is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. Urania dresses in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the Heavens. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her. Urania, o er her star bespangled lyre, With touch of majesty diffused her soul A thousand tones, that in the breast inspire, Exalted feelings, o er the wires gan roll How at the call of Jove the mist unfurled, And o er the swelling vault the glowing sky, The new born stars hung out their lamps on high, And rolled their mighty orbs to music s sweetest sound. From An Ode To Music by James Gates Percival James G. Percival During the Renaissance , Urania began to be considered the Muse for Christian poets. In the invocation to Book 7 of John Milton s Epic poetry epic poem Paradise Lost , the poet invokes Urania to aid his narration of the creation of the cosmos, though he cautions that it is t he meaning, not the name I call 7.5 . Muse magazine features Urania as one of the characters in the Kokopelli and Co. comic strip by Larry Gonick published in each issue of the magazine. She is the only original muse who remains among the new muses featured in the magazine. cn Symbol usage Her name has been used to name Observatory astronomical observatories such as the Urania in Berlin , Budapest , Urania Vienna Vienna , Zurich and Antwerp and Uraniborg on the island of Hven . The official seal of the U.S. Naval Observatory portrays Urania ... more details
A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research . Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often implies science scientific research, there are also many research institutes in the social science s as well, especially for sociology sociological and history historical research purposes such as the Institute of Historical Research . Some research institutes are associated with public education museum s such as the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute . ref http www.mbari.org Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Official Site ref Famous research institutes In the early medieval period, several astronomical observatories were built in the Islamic world. The first of these was the 9th century Baghdad observatory built during the time of the Abbasid caliph al Ma mun , though the most famous were the 13th century Maragheh observatory , 15th century Ulugh Beg Observatory . ref E. S. Kennedy 1962 , http www.jstor.org stable 228039 Reviewed Work The Observatory in Islam and Its Place in the General History of the Observatory by Aydin Sayili , Isis journal Isis 53 2 237 239. doi 10.1086 349558 ref The earliest research institute in Europe was Tycho Brahe s Uraniborg complex on the island of Hven , a 16th century Astronomy astronomical laboratory set up to make highly accurate measurements of the stars. In the United States there are numerous notable research institutes including Bell Labs , The Scripps Research Institute ref http www.scripps.edu e index.html The Scripps Research Institute ref and SRI International . Hughes Aircraft used a research institute structure for its organizational model ref Hughes After Howard, Dr. Kenneth Richardson, 2011, pg88, ISBN 9780970805089 ref which makes sense given its heavy emphasis on creativity and innovation. Research institutes in early modern Europe From the throes of the Scientific Revolution came the 17th century scientific academy. In ... more details
Refimprove date August 2010 Image Slangerup1.jpg thumb 200px Slangerup Church, completed in 1588 Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder c. 1550 10 May 1601 was a Flanders Flemish Denmark Danish architect and sculptor . He worked on a large number of the most important Danish buildings of his time, although the exact scope of his contributions in many cases remains uncertain and much have been demolished or redesigned later. The father of Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger and Lorenz van Steenwinckel , he also founded a dynasty of architects and sculptors in Denmark. Biography Hans van Steenwinckel was born in Antwerpen c. 1550. The family fled to Emden , East Frisia , where his father, Lourens van Steenwinckel, became master builder. later city architect, and designed the Town Hall from 1567 onwards, later destroyed during World War II . Hans van Steenwinckel trained under his father, and it is known that he received payment for a design for the Town Hall s stairs and tower in 1574. Citation needed date August 2010 In 1578 he travelled to Denmark, most likely as one of the master bricklayers which his countryman Anthonis van Obbergen invited to Denmark to assist him building Frederick II of Denmark Fredericj II s Kronborg Castle at Helsing r Elsinore . ref cite web url http www.denstoredanske.dk Kunst og kultur Arkitektur Ren C3 A6ssance Hans, d. C3 A6. van Steenwinckel title Hans van Steenwinckel publisher Gyldendal accessdate 2009 11 26 ref Hans only worked on Kronborg for around a year before he, with royal permission, went on the island of Hven to work for the destinguished astronomer Tycho Brahe , who had for life been granted the island by the King as well as funds for the construction of a house and observatory on the premises. Hans van Steenwinckel probably worked both on Uraniborg and the subsequent Stjerneborg observatory, both of which were demolished after Brahe s death in 1601. From 1585 he lived and worked in Copenhagen but his presence on Hven is documented s ... more details
Infobox scientist name Christen S rensen Longomontanus image Logomontanus.jpg image size 200px caption Christen S rensen Longomontanus birth date Birth date 1562 10 4 df y birth place Jutland , Denmark death date death date and age 1647 10 8 1562 10 4 df y death place Copenhagen residence citizenship nationality Denmark Danish ethnicity field astronomy work institutions University of Copenhagen alma mater University of Rostock doctoral advisor doctoral students known for author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo influences Tycho Brahe influenced prizes religion footnotes signature Christen S rensen Longomontanus or Longberg 4 October 1562 8 October 1647 was a Denmark Danish astronomer . The name Longomontanus was a Latin ized form of the name of the village of Lomborg, Jutland , Denmark , where he was born. His father, a laborer called S ren, or Severin, died when he was eight years old. An uncle took charge of the child, and had him educated at Lemvig but after three years sent him back to his mother, who needed his help to work the fields. She agreed that he could study during the winter months with the clergyman of the parish this arrangement continued until 1577, when the ill will of some of his relatives and his own desire for knowledge caused him to run away to Viborg, Denmark Viborg . There he attended the grammar school , working as a labourer to pay his expenses, and in 1588 went to Copenhagen with a high reputation for learning and ability. Engaged by Tycho Brahe in 1589 as his assistant in his great astronomical observatory of Uraniborg , he rendered invaluable service for eight years. Having left the island of Hven with his master, he obtained his discharge at Copenhagen on 1 June 1597, in order to study at some German universities. He rejoined Tycho at Prague in January 1600, and having completed the Tychonic lunar theory, turned homeward again in August. He visited Frauenburg, where Nicolaus Copernicus Copernicus had made his observations, took a masters deg ... more details
The Istanbul observatory of Taqi al Din , founded in Istanbul by Taqi al Din Muhammad ibn Ma ruf in 1577, was one of the largest Islamic astronomy Observatories astronomical observatories to be built in the Islamic world . However, it only existed for a few years before it was destroyed in 1580. History In 1574, Murad III became the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire . The empire s chief astronomer, Taqi al Din Muhammad ibn Ma ruf Taqi al Din , petitioned the Sultan to finance the building of a great observatory to rival Ulugh Beg s Samarkand observatory. The Sultan approved, and construction was completed in 1577, ref name HotW John Roberts historian John Morris Roberts , The History of the World , pp. 264 74, Oxford University Press , ISBN 978 0195210439 ref at nearly the same time as Tycho Brahe s observatory at Uraniborg . This observatory consisted of two large structures perched on a hill overlooking the European section of Istanbul and offering a wide view of the night sky. Much like a modern institution, the main building was reserved for the library and the living quarters of the staff, while the smaller building housed a collection of instruments built by Taqi al Din. These included a giant armillary sphere and an accurate mechanical astronomical clock for measuring the position and speed of the planets. With these instruments, Taqi al Din had hoped to update the old astronomical tables describing the motion of the planets, sun, and moon. ref name HotW The observatory did not survive to advance the development of astronomy in the Muslim world. Within months of the observatory s completion, a comet with an enormous tail appeared in the sky and Sultan Murad III demanded a prognostication about it from his astronomer. Working day and night without food and rest Taqi al Din studied the comet and came up with the prediction that it was an indication of well being and splendor, and would mean a conquest of Persia . Unfortunately, instead of well being a devastating pl ... more details
File Sophie Brahe.jpg thumb right Hans Peter Hansen engraved this portrait for the lang da Illustreret Dansk Litteraturhistorie . Sophie Brahe , or Sophia, 24 August 1556 &ndash 1643 was a Denmark Danish horticulturalist and student of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine, best known for assisting her brother Tycho Brahe with his astronomical observations. Life She was born in Knudsturp , as the youngest of ten children, to Otte Brahe rigsr d, or advisor to the King of Denmark and to Beate Bille Brahe , leader to the household for Sophie of Mecklenburg G strow Queen Sophie . Famous astronomer Tycho Brahe , 10 years her senior, was her oldest brother. She started assisting her brother with his astronomical observations in 1573, and helped him with the work that became the basis for modern planetary orbit predictions, frequently visiting his observatory Uraniborg Uranienborg , on the then Danish island of Ven, Sweden Hveen . ref JRC2000 Christianson 2000, page 57 8 December 1573 ... helped Tycho to observe a lunar eclipse ref Tycho wrote that he had trained her in horticulture and chemistry, but he told her not to study astronomy. He expressed with pride that she learned astronomy on her own, studying books in German, and having Latin books translated with her own money so that she could also study them Tj rnum . Brother and sister were united not only by science, but by the fact that their family did not approve of science as being an appropriate activity for noble people. Tycho referred with admiration to her animus invictus , her determined mind Det Kongelige Bibliotek . She married Otto Thott in 1576, when she was 19 or 20 and he was 33, and had one child with him before he died on 23 March 1588. ref JRC2000 Christianson 2000, pages 161,259 ref Her son was Tage Thott, born in 1580. Upon her husband s death she managed his property in Ericksholm , running the estate to keep it profitable until her son came of age. During this time, she also became a horticulturalist, ... more details
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