Bille (noble family)
The Bille family (also spelled Bilde) is a Danish noble family, part of the ancient Danish nobility. Its members have played a prominent role in Danish politics and society since the mid 13th century and also in Norway during the time Denmark was in a political union with Norway. The family includes the comital branches Bille-Brahe and Bille-Brahe-Selby. There was also a Norwegian branch of the family that died out in 1984.
In a 2021 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, British actress Dame Judi Dench discovered that she is descended from the Bille family.
Notable members and descendants
- Anders Bille (1600–1657)
- Beate Bille (b. 1976)
- Beate Clausdatter Bille (1526–1605)
- Daniel Ernst Bille (1711–1790)
- Ejler Bille (1910–2004)
- Eske Bille (d. 1552)
- Ida Marie Bille (1822–1902)
- Joen Bille (b. 1944)
- Louise Bille-Brahe (1830–1910)
- Michael Bille (1680–1756)
- Michael Johannes Petronius Bille (1769–1845)
- Ove Bille (d. 1555)
- Steen Andersen Bille (1797–1883)
- Steen Andersen Bille (1751–1833)
- Dame Judith Olivia Dench CH DBE FRSA (born 9 December 1934)