# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alesoun-balfour
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:28:56.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alesoun-balfour"
name: "Alesoun Balfour"
slug: "alesoun-balfour"
description: "The 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour or Margaret Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases. Balfour lived in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in the area of Stenness. At that time in Scotland, the Scottish Witchcraft Act 1563 had made a conviction for witchcraft punishable by death."
tagline: "Scottish witch"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Road_to_Ireland%2C_Orkney_%28geograph_1990596%29.jpg/330px-Road_to_Ireland%2C_Orkney_%28geograph_1990596%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
deathDate: "1594-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.77
  momentum:             1.965973534971645
  historical:           6.156121333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Balfour"
    title: "Allison Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Balfour"
    title: "Allison Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Balfour"
    title: "Allison Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Balfour"
    title: "Allison Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Balfour"
    title: "Allison Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesoun_Balfour"
    title: "Alesoun Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Balfour"
    title: "Allison Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26838323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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