Bille (noble family)

The Bille family (also spelled Bilde) is a Danish noble family.

Its members have played a prominent role in Danish politics and society since the mid 13th century and also in Norway during the time Denmark was in a political union with Norway.

The family includes the comital branches Bille-Brahe and Bille-Brahe-Selby.

There was also a Norwegian branch of the family that died out in 1984.

[1][2] In a 2021 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, British actress Dame Judi Dench discovered that she is descended from the Bille family.