Aage Axelsen (abt. 1402 - bef. 1477)

Born about 1402 in Elleholm, Blekinge, Sverige [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 7 Aug 1477 before about age 75 in Kalmar, Kalmar, Sverige [uncertain]

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Biografi

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Biography

Note: Aage can also be spelled Åge in modern Danish spelling (or Åke in Swedish).

Birth year is unknown, Danish Wikipedia refers to him as being an adult in 1421.

Åke was the son of the Danish knight and member of the Privy Council Axel Pedersen and his first wife Katarina Axelsdotter Krognos who were married in 1409. Axel had Elleholm castle in Blekinge, was the sheriff of Helsingborg in 1414, sheriff of Varberg in 1415 and held several other areas in southern Sweden which then belonged to Denmark. His main residence was however, Härlöv in the parish of Norra Åsum.^[1]

Åke himself was also a knight and a member of the Privy Council.^[1]

Danish Wikipedia lists four children, Swedish Wikipedia lists eight children. The 10 children below are listed in Danmarks Adels Aarbok 1900

• Axel Aagesen, died before August 28, 1477
• Erik Aagesen, married to 1: Anne Evertsdatter Moltke, 2: Sidsel Daa
• Hans Aagesen, married to Kirsten Eriksdatter (Gyldenstierne)
• Jørgen Aagesen, married to Bengta Olufsdatter (Kyrning) (her 2:nd marr.)
• Bengt Aagesen, marriage 1: Merete Erengisledatter, 2: Karen Turesdatter (Svarteskaaning)
• Jens Aagesen, died before Aug. 28, 1477, unmarried
• Claus Aagesen, married to Ellen Corfitzdatter Rønnow
• Ingeborg Aagesdatter, engaged to Hans Sigurdsen, married to Swedish Sten Sture
• Ellen Aagesdatter, marriage 1: Tord Karlsson (Bonde), 2: Staffan Ulfsson (Winstorpasläkten)
• Agnete Aagesdatter, was engaged to Swedish Sten Sture but died before the wedding took place

Åke was alive June 7, 1477, but dead by August 7 when his wife is mentioned as a widow.^[1]

He was buried in the Church of Gamleby.^[1] together with his wife Merete Bengtsdotter (svenska Winstorp-släkten).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Åke Axelsson Tott, Adelsvapen-Wiki

• Danmarks Adels Aarbok 1900
• Nordisk familjebok / 1800-talsutgåvan. 1. A - Barograf / pp 1374-1376 (Axelssönerna)
• Nordisk familjebok band 29 (1919) sid. 494
• Henry Bruun: Aage Axelsen Thott i Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3. udg., Gyldendal 1979-84. Hentet 17. marts 2018
• Finn Holbek website citing Danmarks Adels Aarbog, Thiset, Hiort-Lorenzen, Bobé, Teisen., (Dansk Adelsforening), [1884 - 2011., DAA 1900:420]

See also:

• Runeberg, book in Swedish: Historiskt-geografiskt och statistiskt lexikon öfver Sverige, 1859-1870. Om Elleholm slott.

https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ge_Axelsen_Thott https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Axelsson_Tott

Gedcom imports;

• McQuery Family Tree.ged on 20 May 2011