# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-of-riga
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:51:50.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-of-riga"
name: "Albert of Riga"
slug: "albert-of-riga"
description: "Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia was the third Catholic Bishop of Riga in Livonia. As the Bishop of Livonia, in 1201, he founded Riga, the modern capital city of Latvia, and the city was later made a bishopric. The building of the Riga Cathedral started during his tenure there in 1221."
tagline: "Bishop (1160s–1229)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert_of_Riga.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1165"
deathDate: "1229-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.99784533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Albert av Riga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert of Riga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alberto de Riga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert von Buxthoeven"
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    title: "Alberto di Riga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert av Riga"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Альберт Буксгевден"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert od Rige"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ri%C5%A1ki"
    title: "Albert Riški"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump