Brahe_Tycho+2

Early Life

 Tyge Ottesen Brahe was born on December 14 th  1546 in Skane, Denmark. This is now a part of Sweden. He adopted the Latinized form Tycho at around age fifteen and is sometimes written “Tycho”//.// He was born at his family's ancestral seat in Knudstrup Castle, Denmark to Otte Brahe and Beate Bille. Otte Brahe was not enthusiastic about any of his five sons learning Latin. Although this was the language of education at the time he still considered it a waste of time. Instead, he arranged for them to become military leaders, perhaps by working on court manners, horsemanship, and sword fighting. Tycho had a brother but he was a stillborn (death at birth). Tycho also wrote a Latin ode to his dead twin, which was printed in 1572 as his first published work. He also had two sisters, one older (Kirstine Brahe) and one younger (Sophia Brahe). ​​