Gøye family

Gøye
Giøde, Giøe, Gjøe, Gye, Gyø, Gøyde
Danish noble family
Gøye family coat ofarms, with the blazon: Azure, three escallops bendwise in bend argent
Place of origin
Lolland, Denmark
Final headMarcus Gøye
Connected families
Dissolution1698 (1698)

The Gøye[a] family was a Danish noble family. The family was founded on the island of Lolland in Denmark in the late 14th century.

History

The Gøye family was founded on the island of Lolland in Denmark. The family started with three lines of unknown relations, including a family that did not take a surname and a family that also went by the name Krag. The earliest known ancestor of the third line is Staverskov, a knight, who used the family's coat of arms in 1363.[2][3] Staverskov had a son named Jens Staverskov, and likely had a second son named Mogens, who is only documented by his son's patronymic. Jens' line of the family ended in 1608 with Mogens Gøye, who married his distant cousin—descended of Mogens—Helvig Mogensdatter Gøye.[2]

Members of the cadet branch of the Staverskov line served in prominent political positions in Denmark from the 1400s through its end in 1698.[2][3]

Notable members

Family tree

  Female   Male

Staverskov line of the Gøye family[2]
Staverskov (fl. 1363)
Jens Staverskov (fl. 1356–1390)[Mogens]
Axel Mogensen Gøye (1367–c. 1410)
Mogens Axelsen Gøye (fl. 1411–1450)Ide Eskilsdatter Falk
Eskil Gøye (d. 1506)
Mogens Gøye (c. 1470–1544)Henrik Gøye (d. 1533)
Helvig Mogensdatter Gøye (d. 1597)Axel Gøye (d. 1537)Eskil Gøye (d. 1560)Albrecht Gøye (d. 1558)Anne Ottesdatter Rosenkrantz (1522–1589)Pernille Gøye (1506–1552)Sofie Gøye (d. 1537)Mette Gøye (d. c. 1537)Elline Gøye (c. 1510–1563)Birgitte Gøye (c. 1511–1574)Christoffer Gøye (c. 1514–1584)Falk Gøye (d. 1554)Ide Trudsdatter Ulfstand (d. c. 1600)Eskil Gøye (d. 1573)Sibylle Mogesdatter Gyldenstierne (1540–1611)
Mogens Gøye (1547–1608)Margrethe Gøye (d. 1594)Pernille Gøye (1550-1589)Mogens Gøye (d. 1615)Hilleborg Eilersdatter KrafseMargrethe Gøye (d. c. 1613)Mette Gøye (d. 1584)Falk GøyeKaren Iversdatter KrabbeHenrik Gøye (1562–1611)Birgitte Brahe (1579–1619)
Christoffer Gøye (1584–1652)Falk Gøye (d. 1623)Falk Gøye (c. 1597–1643)Helvig Gøye (d. 1622)Mette Gøye (1599–1664)Eskil Gøye (1600–1647)Falk Gøye (1602–1653)Otte Gøye (1604–1642)Anne Gøye (1609–1681)
Susanne Gøye (1634–1683)Marcus Gøye (1635–1698)Mogens Gøye (1637–1683)

Buildings owned by the family

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also written as Giøde, Giøe, Gjøe, Gye, Gyø, and Gøyde.[1]: 141 

References

  1. ↑ Thiset, Anders; Hiort-Lorenzen, Hans Rudolf (1896). "Gøye". Danmarks Adels Aarbog (in Danish). Vol. 13. Copenhagen: Vilh. Trydes Boghandel. pp. 140–160. hdl:2027/uiug.30112129267388. Retrieved 12 August 2026 – via HathiTrust.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jexlev, Thelma (1 December 2014) [first published online 17 July 2011]. "Gøye". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (online ed.). Lex. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 Holstein, Paul (8 October 2024) [first published 22 August 2012]. "Gøye". Lex (in Danish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
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