[1] Both families owned farms, forests, and land as well as noble houses in several Danish cities including Copenhagen.

"[citation needed] While Jørgen took Tyge without their permission, it does not appear that Brahe and his wife strived to have him returned.

At one point, in a bid to expand his estate at Knudstrup, he burned the crops of seven farmers and chased them into the forest.

[citation needed] Brahe fell very ill in Denmark in late 1570, and died on 9 May 1571[1] leaving Bille a widow.

In 2007 the young Mexican scholar Juan Pablo Ortiz-Hernández edited an unknown Spanish book of songs belonging to Otte Brahe.

[clarification needed] The publication of the collection of poems was prepared by Ortiz and the hispanist Kenneth Brown and Rachel Schmidt was quoted as saying it represented "a significant contribution to the study of 15th century Spanish 'cancionero' poetry".