Johanne Andersdatter Sappi

Johanne Andersdatter Sappi was the daughter of Anders Nielsen til Asdal and Ide Lydersdatter and the heir of one of the most powerful noble clans of Denmark.

She first married the son of the chamberlain Bonde Due til Torp, who according to legend had her abducted.

Widowed in 1430, she remarried Niels Eriksen til Vinstrup (d. 1447), by which she became the ancestral mother of the noble house Banner.

By her wealth and her lands, as well as her personal qualities, she occupied a central place in the Danish nobility.

[1] However, in a document from 1462, she was given rank before the Bishop of Børglum, and mentioned as the bearer of the office Høvedsmand of Vendsyssel.