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.
An engraving of 1574 depicting Skipper Clement's execution
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
Skipper Clement
…c. 1484 – 9 September 1536) was a Danish merchant, captain, privateer who led a peasant rebellion against the Jutlandish gentry that was part of the Count's Feud (Grevens Fejde), a civil war. Clement was born to a farmer family in Aaby Parish (Aaby Sogn i Kjer Herred) in the district of Vendsyssel in North…
King Christian III
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