The rebellious peasants have controlled a major…

The rebellious peasants have controlled a major part of northern Jutland for a couple of months, expelling the nobles and burning down many of their manor houses.

However, in the long run the peasant army is too poorly armed and too undisciplined.

King Christian III, in the meantime, forces a peace with Lübeck, from which great reinforcements.

led by general Johan Rantzau, s devout protestant,can be freed up to fight against the rebels, who have retreated to Aalborg and strengthened the defenses of the city.

After a hard battle on December 18, 1534, Rantzau's army overcomes the defenses, sacks the city and kills as many as two thousand people in the process.

Clement, although badly wounded, manages to escape, but is betrayed and captured by his enemies.

He will be kept in prison until the end of the civil war and will then be executed by being broken on the wheel in Viborg, Denmark.