Lisbet Bryske


Lisbet Eilersdatter Bryske was a Danish author and landowner. She was famous for her books on weapons and genealogy.

Early life

Lisbet Bryske was born on 14 October 1585 to parents Eiler Bryske and Gertrud Iversdatter Lunge.
She grew up at Skerrildgaard manor, which was owned by her mother and later inherited by Bryske.

Personal life

Bryske married landowner Mogens Krabbe on 6 October 1605. She was widowed for the first time when he died on 17 February 1614 in Copenhagen. She lost both of her parents in the same year as her husband's death. They had five children together:
She remarried on 28 August 1616, to landowner Henrik Bille. She was widowed once again when he died on 3 March 1655 at Tirsbæk, Engum parish. They had eight children together:
  • Mogens
  • Knud
  • Eiler
  • Vibeke
  • Gertrud
  • Knud
  • Hilleborg
  • Steen
She outlived nine of her thirteen children.