Clara 't Roen (died 1524, Aalst, Imperial Flanders), was a Flemish

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. In 1524, she was convicted of heresy and burned alive at the Grote Markt, the main square in

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

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has been named after Clara 't Roen. In 2020, it was decided the city of Aalst is going to name a street after her.

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