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The Count's Feud (Danish Grevens Fejde), also called the Count's War, was a civil war that raged in Denmark in 1534–1536 and brought about the Reformation in Denmark. A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize MÃ¼nster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...

The Count's Feud takes its name from the Protestant Count Christopher of Oldenburg, who supported the Catholic King Christian II, deposed in 1523 and at that time being held in prison. Jump to: navigation, search Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from within the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe â€”a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christopher of Oldenburg (Christoffer) circa 1504-August 4, 1566. ... Christian II (1481 â€“ 1559) was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway (1513 â€“ 1523) and Sweden (1520 â€“ 1521), under the Kalmar Union. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ...

After Frederick I's death in 1533, the Jutland nobility proclaimed his son, then Duke Christian of Gottorf (Danish Gottorp), as King under the name Christian III. Meanwhile, Count Christoffer organized an uprising against the new king, demanding that Christian II be set free. Supported by Lübeck and troops from Oldenburg and Mecklenburg, parts of the Zealand and Scania nobilities rose up, together with cities such as Copenhagen and Malmö. The violence itself 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 came to be in Aalborg. A large number of plantations were burned down in northern and western Jutland. King Frederick I. Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (October 7, 1471 â€“ April 10, 1533) was the son of the first Oldenburg King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1426-1481) and of Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430-1495). ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: JÃ¼tland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... // English Title of Nobility (footnotes at bottom of entry) From the beginning, English law hardly knew anything of a noble or a gentle class. ... Gottorf in 1864 Gottorp or Gottorf (Danish: Gottorp) is a palace and estate in the city of Schleswig in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christian III Christian III (August 12, 1503â€“January 1, 1559), king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick I of Denmark and his first consort, Anne of Brandenburg. ... Statistics State: Schleswig-Holstein District: Independent city Area: 214. ... Oldenburg is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Mecklenburg is a geographical area located in Northern Germany. ... Zealand (Danish: SjÃ¦lland) is the largest island of Denmark. ... SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Copenhagen (Danish: KÃ¸benhavn) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... MalmÃ¶? IPA: [mÃ¡lmÃ¸:] is a town and municipality in the southernmost Swedish province of SkÃ¥ne. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize MÃ¼nster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... A privateer was a private ship (or its captain) authorized by a countrys government to attack and seize cargo from another countrys ships. ... Vendsyssel-Thy or Nørrejyske Ø (Danish for North Jutland Island) is the northmost part of the Jutland Peninsula (Denmark) and the second largest island of Denmark. ... Nordjyllands Amt (English North Jutland County) is a county in northern Denmark, on the peninsula of Jutland. ... View of Aalborg railroad station from J.F: Kennedy Place, 2004 Aalborg (Danish: Aalborg, alternately Ã…lborg according to new spelling rules) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. ...

On 10 August 1534, Count Christoffer accepted Scania for Christian II's rule. The month before, Christoffer was heralded as regent on Christian II's behalf by the Zealand Council in Ringsted. Jump to: navigation, search August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize MÃ¼nster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... // High public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts of head of state, especially if not the Monarch (who has higher titles). ... Ringsted is a city and a municipality located in the middle of the Danish island of Zealand. ...

An army of nobles under the leadership of Niels Brock and Holger Rosenkrantz was defeated at the Battle of Svenstrup on 16 October 1534. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize MÃ¼nster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ...

Christian III in the meantime forced a peace with Lübeck, from which great reinforcements could be freed up to fight against the rebels. Under the leadership of Johan Rantzau, the royal troops pursued the peasants all the way to Aalborg, where the latter, under the leadership of Skipper Clement, had taken refuge behind the city's fortifications.

On 18 December, Rantzau's troops stormed the city, and it fell. At least 2,000 people are thought to have lost their lives in the storming of the city and in the plundering of the following days. For his part, Skipper Clement, badly wounded, managed to escape, but a few days later was recognized by a peasant in Storvorde east of Aalborg and handed over to Rantzau. Skipper Clement was later sentenced to death by the judicial council in Viborg and executed in 1536. Jump to: navigation, search December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Viborg refers to: Viborg - a city in Denmark Viborg - a city in Karelia (also known as Vyborg) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

Fortune did not fare well for the rebels on the Swedish front, either. The Swedish King Gustav Vasa sent a Swedish army to the aid of Christian III, which invaded Scania at Loshult and plundered, burned, and murdered their way throughout the Gønge area as it advanced toward the town of Vä. Later, a Swedish army invaded Hallandia, which was destroyed by fire and sword. The Scanian nobles sided with the Swedes, but Tyge Krabbe in Helsingborg Castle supported Count Christoffer. In January of 1535, the Swedes and the army of nobles advanced on Helsingborg. An army consisting of residents of Lübeck and Malmö under Jørgen Kock was entrenched outside of the castle, and in a decisive moment, Tyge Krabbe suddenly had the castle's cannons open fire against its defenders, after which he opened the castle to the Swedes, who set fire to Helsingborg and reduced the town to ashes. With that, Denmark east of the Sound was lost for Count Christoffer. Gustav Vasa, originally Gustav Eriksson Vasa (May 12, 1496â€“September 29, 1560) was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. ... SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Hallandia (Halland) is a historical Province (landskap) on the western coast of Sweden. ... Helsingborg in Sweden Helsingborg is located in southernmost Sweden with a population of 87,000, and is the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, which together with immediate surroundings has 121,000 inhabitants. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of MÃ¼nster (see MÃ¼nster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Northern Oresund Oresund (Danish: Ã˜resund, Swedish: Ã–resund, also known as The Sound) is the strait that separates Zealand from Scania, and thereby Denmark from Sweden. ...

After the victory at Aalborg, Rantzau brought his troops to Funen, and on 11 June 1535, they fought the Battle of Øksnebjerg, where the rest of Count Christoffer's army was decisively defeated. Both Copenhagen and Malmö, however, were able to hold out until 1536, when they were forced to capitulate after several months' siege. With this, the Count's Feud was officially over. Jump to: navigation, search June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of MÃ¼nster (see MÃ¼nster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

The consequences of the peasant uprising cost all parties dearly. Many were forced to purchase their lives with great gifts both to the king and to the nobles. Moreover, the dissatisfactions of the peasants, which had culminated in the uprising of the Count's Feud, were only made worse, as the nobility began to stick together even more after this incident. Moreover, Christian III's rule, ushered in by this war, saw the rise of royal absolutism in Denmark, and, with it, greater repression of the peasant classes.

Battles during the Count's Feud

October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize MÃ¼nster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize MÃ¼nster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of MÃ¼nster (see MÃ¼nster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of MÃ¼nster (see MÃ¼nster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ...

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Much of the information in this article is translated from the corresponding Danish Wikipedia entry.

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