Jesper Henriksen

Jesper Henriksen (in some sources Jesper Henrichsen) (c. 1425 - before 1493) belonged to the Danish nobility. The son of Henrik Nielsen of Sandagergård [da], a member of The Council of the Realm during the reign of Eric of Pomerania, Henriksen held among other the position as dean of the Cathedral chapter in Copenhagen.^[1]^[2] Christian I of Denmark appointed him Rector magnificus, the first rector of the University of Copenhagen in 1479, a position he held again from 1482 to 1483.^[3]^[4]

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