"The supporters of the von Hellmann family fought bravely,
but their lack of organization was their undoing. As the King's army
approached, the family finally realized that they had failed. By then, most
of their sympathizers had been beheaded or taken prisoner by the King's army.
The von Hellmanns were very powerful, but their treasonous behavior caused
them to fall into disgrace and to be renounced by the royal family. The fall
was especially painful to Alfred, who, as patriarch, had to watch as his
vassals and then his family were tortured and beheaded, before he ascended
the scaffold himself.
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