Skipper Clement

Klemen Andersen "Skipper" Clement (c. 1484 – 9 September 1536)[1] 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.

[4] He became a merchant in Aalborg and later captain and vice admiral in the navy of King Christian II of Denmark.

At Count Christoffer's instruction, he instigated the peasants of Vendsyssel and North Jutland to rise up against the nobles.

King Christian III of Denmark made a separate peace with Count Christoffer and his general Johan Rantzau was freed to fight the peasant revolt.

[6][7] Later historians and fiction writers have admired Clement as a revolutionary figure and a champion for the rights of the common man.