Skipper Clement captured

Klemen 'Skipper Clement' Andersen was a privateer captain who had earlier been in Christian II's service and allied himself to Count Christoffer, Christian II's regent. He instigated the peasants of Vendsyssel and North Jutland to rise up against the nobles. On 16 October 1534 the Jutland nobility that had been sent to crush the revolt met Clement's peasant army, enforced with professional soldiers from Count Christoffer. The nobility army was thoroughly defeated at the Battle of Svenstrup and the revolting peasants controlled a major part of northern Jutland for a couple of months. Noblemen were expelled, and their manor houses were burned down by the peasants. The peasant army proved to be too poorly armed and too undisciplined though and King Christian III of Denmark made a separate peace with Count Christoffer. General Johan Rantzau was sent to fight the peasant revolt. The peasant army had retreated to Aalborg and strengthened the defenses of the city but after a hard battle in December 1534, Johan Rantzau's army defeated the peasants, overcame the defenses, sacked the city and killed 2000 people. Clement managed to escape, but was betrayed and captured by his enemies. He was kept in prison until the end of the civil war and was then executed by the breaking wheel.