Clara 't Roen

Clara 't Roen (died 1524, Aalst, Belgium), was a Flemish Lutheran.

[1] In 1524, she was convicted of heresy and burned alive at the Grote Markt, the main square in Aalst, Belgium.

She was the first woman to be executed in the Southern-Netherlands (modern day Belgium) for being a Protestant.

[2] A wheat beer has been named after Clara 't Roen.

In 2020, it was decided the city of Aalst is going to name a street after her.