Niels Pedersen, b: 1515 -

^{1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia}
^{1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen}
^{1580 Drake completes voyage around world}
^{1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced}
^{1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada}

^{1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India}
^{1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa}
^{1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel}
^{1534 Henry VIII controls English church}
^{1538 Cortes conquers Mexico}

^{1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type}
^{1453 End of Hundred Years War}
^{1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain}
^{1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope}
^{1492 Columbus discovers West Indies}


			^{Troels Winter}^{b.1440 Astrup d.1510 Astrup}

		^{Peder Troelsen}^{b.1475 Astrup d.1561 Astrup}	^{Mette Pedersdatter}^{b. d.1514}

	^{Niels Pedersen}^{b.1515 d.1579}

^{Fædder Nielsen}^{b.1550 d.1626}

^{Troels Nielsen}^{b.1550 Astrup d.1634 Astrup}



	^Ingeborg^{b. d.1592}