Inger Johansdatter Oxe ( - 1591) was a Danish noblewoman and court official. She was Hofmesterinde to the Danish Queen Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow between 1572 and 1584. 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 Tycho Brahe ( ; ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, ; 14 December 154624 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations. He ...

whom she raised as her own son.

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