Gude Axelsen Giedde
Gude Axelsen Giedde () (1510-1590) was a Norwegian military officer, Lutheran prelate, and provost in Kville, Bohuslän, then part of Norway. Biography Gude Axelsen Giedde was born in 1510 in Trondheim, Norway, as a son of Axel Giedde and Margareta Pedersdotter. His father, who was a lieutenant in Trondheim, is said to have lost his nobility due to marriage with a commoner, a daughter of a merchant. Gude married Johanna Pedersdotter, with whom he had at least three sons. It has been speculated that he was the great-grandson of :sv:Erengisle Gädda of the Swedish noble family Gädda from Småland, Sweden, but this remains unattested. In any case, his family descendants were ennobled in the name of Gedda (n:o 2168) by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden in 1797; he became the asserted primogenitor of this family. In his youth he studied at the University of Wittenberg in Wittenberg, Holy Roman Empire, and became a follower and friend of Martin Luther with whom he often corresponded. When Giedde returned to Norway he became an officer. As a devoted adherent of Lutheranism, for his personal security during the tumultuous time of the Protestant Reformation, he is said to ridden his horse equipped