Count's Feud
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The Count's Feud, sometimes referred to as the Count's War, was a Danish war of succession occurring from 1534 to 1536, which gave rise to the Reformation in Denmark. In the broader international cont
King Christian III
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Skipper Clement
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Klemen Andersen "Skipper" Clement was a Danish merchant, captain, privateer who led a peasant rebellion against the Jutlandish gentry that was part of the Count's Feud, a civil war.
Count's Feud
…provide direct support. The violence began in 1534, when a privateer captain who had earlier been in Christian II's service, Klemen Andersen, called Skipper Clement, at Count Christoffer's request instigated the peasants of Vendsyssel and North Jutland to rise up against the nobles. The headquarters for the revolt…
An engraving of 1574 depicting Skipper Clement's execution