Poul Laxmand

Poul Laxmand (c. 1450–1502), the greatest Danish landowner of his age, served as rigshofmester from 1489. He belonged to the group of high nobles who held royal power in check, and his estates, mostly in Skåne, comprised about 900 tenant farms. In 1487 he helped negotiate Gotland's surrender to Denmark.

After taking part in King Hans's failed relief of Stockholm in 1502, he was stabbed to death on the Højbro bridge in Copenhagen on 22 June. The crown then condemned him for treason and seized his lands.