Beate Clausdatter Bille

Beate Clausdatter Bille (30 April 1526 – 18 October 1605) was a Danish noblewoman and vassal who was born into the noble Bille family and married into the Brahe family. As a member of the royal court, she was Chief Court Mistress to Queen Sophie from 1584 to 1592. She married statesman Otte Brahe and became a feudal fiefholder in her own right following the death of her husband.

She and her husband Otte had 12 children, 8 of whom survived into adulthood, including the influential scientists and astronomers Tycho and Sophia Brahe.