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  Brahe - FUTEF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Countess Ebba Brahe http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7emamaes/ebbabrah.jpg (March 16, 1596- January 5, 1674) was a lady-in-waiting in the Swedish court and the mistress of the future king Gustavus Adolphus.
Brahe was born on the island of Rydboholm, near Stockholm.
Brahe was the nephew of King Gustavus Vasa and was among the first members of the Swedish nobility to be created a count when titles of nobility were introduced by King Eric XIV on the occasi...
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 The Ecomuseum Bergslagen: Our sites & facilities: Ebba Brahes lusthus
Ebba Brahe’s summerhouse (1636), together with the timber-built manor house from 1817, are all that remains of the old ironworks.
Carrying Ebba Brahe’s name, it is the oldest summerhouse in the country—built in 1636, according to the date on the weather vane.
After the death of her husband in 1652, Ebba Brahe managed with a deft touch the family’s various properties and ironworks around the country.
www.ekomuseum.se /english/besoksmal/eng_ebba.html   (309 words)

  
 Brahe
Countess Ebba Brahe (March 16, 1596- January 5, 1674) was a lady-in-waiting in the Swedish court and the mistress of the future king Gustavus Adolphus.
Nils Magnus Brahe (1790- 1844), Swedish statesman and soldier and a descendant of Per Brahe and Magnus I of Sweden, fought in the War against Napoleon (1813- 1814), under the crown prince Bernadotte, with whom, after his accession to the throne as Charles XIV, he was in high favour.
Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14 1546 – October 24 1601), was a Danish nobleman astronomer as well as an astrologer and alchemist.
www.shortopedia.com /B/R/Brahe   (481 words)

  
 From Quarterly's article collection
However Jacob de la Gardie passed away before a town could be established and it fell on his widow Ebba Brahe to found the town.
Ebba Brahe personally designated the area where the town was to be built close to the harbor and market place on the isthmus connecting Herrholmen Island to the main land.
Ebba Brahe directed her construction supervisor to retain a skilled engineer to prepare a city plan.
sfhs.eget.net /p_articles/q_artiklar/Q_105.html   (1176 words)

  
 Ebba Brahe
Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter, kam die Tochter des Reichsdrosten Magnus Graf Brahe im Jahr 1611 als Hofdame der Königinwitwe Christine an den schwedischen Königshof.
König Gustav Adolf verliebte sich sogleich in die junge Frau von ausserordentlicher Schönheit.
Ebba Brahe konnte sich nicht gegen sie durchsetzen und heiratete schliesslich 1618 den Reichsmarschall Jakob de la Gardie.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/de/wikipedia/e/eb/ebba_brahe.html   (189 words)

  
 Ebba Brahe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Countess Ebba Brahe [1] (March 16, 1596- January 5, 1674) was a lady-in-waiting in the Swedish court and the mistress of the future king Gustavus Adolphus.
She was born as the daughter of Magnus Brahe and Britta Stensdotter Leijonhuvud.
By the age of 16, she was a mistress to the then future king, Gustavus Adolphus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ebba_Brahe   (247 words)

  
 Ebba Brahe - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To the death of its nut/mother the daughter the realm Southern German Broadcasting Corporation east of the Magnus count Brahe came in the year 1611 as a yard lady of the queen widow Christine to the Swedish king yard.
Ebba Brahe could become generally accepted not against it and married finally 1618 the realm marshal Jakob de la Gardie.
When on two of its goods iron ore was found, it tried successfully in iron production, with which it could increase their considerable fortune still further.
cleverpedia.com /Ebba_Brahe   (279 words)

  
 Ebba pictures and videos on Webshots
030824_1923 HÃ¥kan and Ebba Zetterquist and Pelle Kjel...
Ebba and another random guy we made her dance with
Ebba, andy the dog and hassse watchin the tube in our...
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 Site Template -- Geneology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Ebba Brahe was towed into Sandon Dock on Saturday evening.
Walthew, the agent, expressed his regret that the irregularities complained of should have occurred on board, and stated that when the Ebba Brahe was again ready for sea everything in his powers should be done to make the passengers comfortable.
The passenger Williamson, among other allegations, asserted that a number of people were taken on board the Ebba Brahe after she had cleared, and that some of the third-class passengers were put into places where pigs would not have been able to live.
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 Hero Tales of the Far North eBook
But when the queen had got Ebba Brahe safely married to one of his father’s famous generals, he wedded the lovely sister of the Elector of Brandenburg.
They clung to the great king’s early love, and to this day they linger before the picture of the beautiful Ebba in the Stockholm castle when they come from his grave in the Riddarholm church, while they pass the queen’s by with hardly a glance.
It is recorded that Ebba made her husband a good and dutiful wife.
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/12481/81.html   (487 words)

  
 Ebba Brahes klagan
Jag [fröken Ebba Brahe] har alltid funnit att I varit en beskedelig och trogen betjänt i allt vad eder blivit anbefallt.
Hjälp nu eder kära Ebba, som älskar eders maj:t i blekaste döden.
Ebba språng straxt sin kära konung i famnen, och bad, att hans maj:t ville för guds skull lösa henne ifrån det bandet, vartill hon emot sin vilja var tvungen.
members.tripod.com /minata/visa_9_feb.html   (1684 words)

  
 Jakobstad, Finland
20,000), 40km/25mi from Kokkola, was founded in 1652 by Ebba Brahe, widow of the Swedish general Count Jacob de la Gardie.
In the 17th century the area around the commune of Pedersöre on which the town now stands was a fief of the de la Gardie family.
After his death Ebba Brahe - whose youngest brother Per Brahe had founded Gamlakarleby and Nykarleby - founded the town and named it after her late husband.
www.planetware.com /finland/jakobstad-sf-vas-jak.htm   (164 words)

  
 12. Brahe, Ebba (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon)
På grund af den vänskap, som varit rådande mellan Ebba Brahes mor och Carl XI:s andra gemål, drottning Kristina af Holstein, upptogs vid moderns död den unga Ebba B. vid hofvet.
I de ömmaste bref utgöt Gustaf Adolf sina lågande känslor; men Ebba B., som dagligen var utsatt för drottningens uppenbart visade ovilja, förlorade modet och skref till sin kunglige tillbedjare att öfvergifva alla tankar på deras förening.
Ebba B. såg och sörjde konungens förändrade uppförande och då Jakob de la Gardie efter ryska krigets slut, höljd af segrar och ära återkom till fäderneslandet, räckte hon honom sin hand.
runeberg.org /sbh/brahebba.html   (310 words)

  
 Ebba Brahe at AllExperts
Countess Ebba Brahe [1] (March 16, 1596- January 5, 1674) was a lady-in-waiting in the Swedish court and the mistress of the future king Gustavus Adolphus.
She was born as the daughter of Magnus Brahe and Britta Stensdotter Leijonhuvud.
By the age of 16, she was a mistress to the then future king, Gustavus Adolphus.
en.allexperts.com /e/e/eb/ebba_brahe.htm   (233 words)

  
 Lectures and Essays eBook
Then came a hero’s funeral, with pomp not unmeaning, with trophies not unbecoming the obsequies of a Christian warrior, and for mourners the sorrowing nations.
In early youth Gustavus had loved the beautiful Ebba Brahe, daughter of a Swedish nobleman, and she had returned his love.
The widowed Queen of Gustavus, though she had loved him with a fondness too great for their perfect happiness, admitted his first love to a partnership in her grief, and sent Ebba with her own portrait the portrait of him who was gone where, if love still is, there is no more rivalry in love.
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/6570/54.html   (494 words)

  
 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Carl Frederick Falkenberg
Beata Margareta Eriksdotter Brahe November 15, 1607 in Torpa Langhem, Alvsborg, Sweden.
Beata Margareta Eriksdotter Brahe, born March 12, 1582/83 in Rydboholm, Alvsborg, Sweden; died July 27, 1645 in Torpa Langhem, Alvborg, Sweden.
Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe, born March 16, 1595/96 in Lerjeholm, Elfsborg, Sweden; died January 05, 1673/74.
familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/f/a/l/Tim-Falkenberg/GENE10-0009.html   (784 words)

  
 Pavilions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
One of them is Sweden’s oldest pavilions, “Ebba Brahe’s Lusthus” in Bockhammar, Västmanland.
The pavilion is purportedly the site of Ebba’s romantic encounters with King Gustav Adolph, with whom she had an adolescent love affair.
The King, however, died in Lützen in 1632, years before the little pavilion was built.
www.nordicway.com /search/Sweden/Sweden_pavilions.htm   (579 words)

  
 Jakobstad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jakobstad was founded in 1652 by Ebba Brahe, a widow of the military commander Jacob de la Gardie - whose memory still lives on in the Swedish name of the town - and the town charter was granted by Queen Kristina of Sweden.
År 1652 grundades staden av Ebba Brahe, änka till fältherre Jacob de la Gardie - därav stadens svenska namn - och den fick sina stadsrättigheter av drottning Kristina.
Kaupungin perusti vuonna 1652 Ebba Brahe, sotapäällikkö Jacob de la Gardien - josta kaupungin ruotsinkielinen nimi - leski, ja se sai kaupunginoikeudet kuningatar Kristinalta.
delphi.eget.net /index.php?Jakobstad   (213 words)

  
 Dunderkattens Ebba Brahe (esikatselu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ebba reminds me alot of her grandmother Audrey, who died when Ebba was only two weeks old.
Ebba is something very special for Adonis, the brother to Audrey,
Ebba is medium sized but very stong buildt female.
kotisivu.mtv3.fi /dunderkattens/info-ebba.html   (86 words)

  
 Site Template -- Geneology
Gustav fell in love for the first time with one Ebba Brahe, a young girl in his mother's entourage who had lost her mother.
And so Kristina held Gustav off until Ebba had been betrothed to Jakob de la Gardie, one of Gustav's generals.
For the next 2 years, Kristina resided in Hamburg, Germany, where she lived through many financial difficulties and the loss of Ebba Sparre, her childhood friend.
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 Svartådalen – Braheholmen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ebba Brahes Gazebo stands on the island of Braheholmen, on Fläcksjön-lake.
It is a popular place to visit, despite its relatively remote position.
Ebba Brahe was the Mistress of Gustav II the King of Sweden (1590).
www.svartadalen.nu /eng/attractions/braheguide.shtml   (249 words)

  
 Brahe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Per Brahe (the younger) (1602-1680): soldier and statesman
Nils Brahe (1604-1632): general in the Swedish army
This page was last modified 21:31, 19 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brahe   (164 words)

  
 About The Ebba Brahe' Bell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
From the Ebba Brahe built for P. Valin in Quebec Canada in 1853
Is a similar ship to the Ebba Brahe but I cannot find any illustrations of the actual ship in Canadian or British Archives.
Just Insert "Ebba Brahe" in the place for ship in the request.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~copestake/ebbabrah.html   (122 words)

  
 R.F. Moeller Jeweler: The Power of Love, Page 18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
These designs were set with rose- and table-cut diamonds.
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden gave his sweetheart, Ebba Brahe, an exquisite ruby heart encircled with diamonds as a love ring.
The symbolism of hands joined together or holding a diamond heart was introduced in the seventeenth century and remained popular into the nineteenth.
www.rfmoeller.com /diamond/lovetour/tour18.htm   (313 words)

  
 Swedish history, Swedish queens (Kristina of Holstein Gottorp)...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Kristina is said to have been a forcefull and energetic woman.
Gustav Adolf had a tremendous respect for his mother and she is probably the reason why Gustav Adolf didn't marry his beloved Ebba Brahe.
She is said to have written the famous verse 'Det ena du vill, det andra du skall, så plägar det gå i dylika fall' on Ebbas Bedroom window.
www.luth.se /luth/present/sweden/history/queens/kristinaofholstein   (198 words)

  
 Jacob's Kindergarten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jacob’s Kindergarten is located in the town of Pietarsaari, Finland.
Click here to see where we are on the map (look for Ebba Brahe Esplanaden under the the link "Gatuadresser").
The Kindergarten itself is a wooden building, which can hold approximately 18 children comfortably.
www.multi.fi /~jkinderg/ram.php?sida=location.php   (72 words)

  
 The Embassy Building
Originally, the elevated garden on the left of the courtyard was twice as large, while an elegant orangerie sat on the site of the present apartment building.
In 1655 the heirs sold the whole complex to Countess Ebba Brahe, widow to Jacob de la Gardie.
Their family crests were placed above the gateway, their initials over the main door.
www.nlemb.se /index.php?embassy_building   (280 words)

  
 Kristina: The Girl King quiz -- free game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Kristina's mother was never caught in an act of disloyalty to Sweden.
In the book, Kristina is told the story of Ebba Brahe, who her father had loved before he met Kristina's mother.
Why did he marry Kristina's mother instead of Ebba?
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=165655   (149 words)

  
 Elizabeth JENKINS OR JENKYN
JENKINS PHILLIS 22 DEC 1857 EBBA BRAHE B 137 004
James Jenkyn mar 28 Oct 1849 to Mary Paynter 11 Jul 1829, born at St Ives, Cornwall to Elizabeth Curnow and John Paynter.
James came to Australia 1854, after four children were born, and Mary followed in 1857 on the EBBA BRAHE with her 3 surviving boys, sister in law Phillis (Jenkins in the Ebba Brahe list) aged 22, and father-in-law James aged 57, arrived in December.
www.comp.utas.edu.au /users/rsmith/kerrison/ps10/ps10_433.html   (280 words)

  
 Kristina: The Girl King - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The letter expressed plans to marry her dead husband's fiercest rival!
Gustav II Adolf (Kristina's father) was deeply in love with Ebba, but could not get permission to marry her, as she was not of royal blood.
For years the young lovers wrote secret letters, while Gustav tried to sway his mother's mind to approve the marriage.
www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Kristina-The-Girl-King-165655.html   (454 words)

  
 Gränna Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
There are 3 ferries that go between Gränna and Visingsö.
Both Ebba Brahe and Christina Brahe take cars and passengers, but Madame Tingley is only a passenger boat.
The boats leave at specific times so it would be wiser to pick up a time schedule at the tourist office before going to the harbour.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Sweden/Joenkoepings_Laen/Graenna-195800/Things_To_Do-Graenna-BR-1.html   (377 words)

  
 Genealogical Research, Family Tree Trouble Shooting, House Histories, Surname Research, Even One Name Studies and ...
My talks tend to be tailored to my audience, I normally try and bring the Ship's Bell from the "
Ebba Brahe" into it somewhere and a discussion.
Other ideas could be Non-Conformists, Bound up for Australia, Maps.
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