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Christopher Eriksen Bjørnehode
Abt 1515 - 1563 (48 years)1. Christopher Eriksen Bjørnehode was born about 1515 (son of Erik Hansen til Vixtrup, "Bjørnehode"? and Maren Eriksdatter Rostvig); died in 1563. Family/Spouse: Adelus Trondsdatter Benkestok. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Erik Hansen til Vixtrup, "Bjørnehode"? was born about 1480 in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark (son of Hans Eriksen Bjørnehode, "Bernhoft" and Karen Torbjørnsdatter Skaktavl, "Bernhoft"). Erik married Maren Eriksdatter Rostvig about 1505. Maren (daughter of Erik Jensen and Dorthe Ottesdatter Rømer) was born about 1485 in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Maren Eriksdatter Rostvig was born about 1485 in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark (daughter of Erik Jensen and Dorthe Ottesdatter Rømer). Children:
- Mette Eriksdatter Bjørnehode was born about 1505; died after 1647.
- Maren Eriksdatter Bjørnehode, "Schønnebøl" was born about 1510; died before 1561.
- 1. Christopher Eriksen Bjørnehode was born about 1515; died in 1563.
Generation: 3
4. Hans Eriksen Bjørnehode, "Bernhoft" (son of Erik Bjørnehode, "Bernhoft" and Sigrid Hyttefad). Hans married Karen Torbjørnsdatter Skaktavl, "Bernhoft" about 1480. Karen (daughter of Torbjørn Olsen Skaktavl and Rønnaug Mogensdatter Handingmand, "Skaktavl") was born about 1560 in Stange, Hedmark, Innlandet, Norge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Karen Torbjørnsdatter Skaktavl, "Bernhoft" was born about 1560 in Stange, Hedmark, Innlandet, Norge (daughter of Torbjørn Olsen Skaktavl and Rønnaug Mogensdatter Handingmand, "Skaktavl"). Children:
- 2. Erik Hansen til Vixtrup, "Bjørnehode"? was born about 1480 in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark.
6. Erik Jensen was born about 1460 in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark (son of Jens); died after 1496. Erik married Dorthe Ottesdatter Rømer. Dorthe (daughter of Otto Madsen Rømer and Inger (Ingeborg) Lydersdatter Strude, "Struds") was born about 1460; died in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Dorthe Ottesdatter Rømer was born about 1460 (daughter of Otto Madsen Rømer and Inger (Ingeborg) Lydersdatter Strude, "Struds"); died in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark. Children:
- NN Eriksdatter was born in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark.
- 3. Maren Eriksdatter Rostvig was born about 1485 in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark.
Generation: 4
8. Erik Bjørnehode, "Bernhoft" Erik married Sigrid Hyttefad. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Sigrid Hyttefad Children:
10. Torbjørn Olsen Skaktavl Torbjørn married Rønnaug Mogensdatter Handingmand, "Skaktavl". [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Rønnaug Mogensdatter Handingmand, "Skaktavl" Children:
- 5. Karen Torbjørnsdatter Skaktavl, "Bernhoft" was born about 1560 in Stange, Hedmark, Innlandet, Norge.
12. Jens was born about 1430. Children:
- 6. Erik Jensen was born about 1460 in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark; died after 1496.
- Hans Jensen was born about 1480.
14. Otto Madsen Rømer (son of Mads (Mats) Jacobsen Rømer and Gro Alvsdatter Bolt, "Rømer"); died about 1510. Otto married Inger (Ingeborg) Lydersdatter Strude, "Struds" about 1470. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Inger (Ingeborg) Lydersdatter Strude, "Struds" (daughter of Lyder van Bergen and Johanne Arnaldsdatter Gerst). Children:
- Olav Ottesen Rømer died about 1513.
- Inger (Ingerd) Ottosdatter Rømer, "til Austrått" was born about 1470 in Bergen, Hordaland, Vestland, Norge; died in 1555 in Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norge.
- 7. Dorthe Ottesdatter Rømer was born about 1460; died in Vikstrup, Gudme, Fyn, Danmark.