# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/armand-huyghe-de-mahenge
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:26:56.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/armand-huyghe-de-mahenge"
name: "Armand Huyghé de Mahenge"
slug: "armand-huyghe-de-mahenge"
description: "Armand Christophe Huyghé, later knighted Armand Huyghé de Mahenge, was a Belgian career soldier. He is best known for his service in the Belgian Congo during World War I, where he succeeded Charles Tombeur as commander of the Belgian forces in the East African Campaign in 1917. He commanded the Belgian contingent during the Allied occupation of the Rhineland after the war. During World War II, he was involved in the resistance and, after being captured by the Germans, was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp where he died in 1944."
tagline: "Belgian Army officer (1871-1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Le_col_Huyguens_et_Degoutte_Illustration_1920.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1871-07-11"
deathDate: "1944-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             3.214285714285713
  historical:           4.606192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ارماند هويج د ماهينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Huygh%C3%A9_de_Mahenge"
    title: "Armand Huyghé de Mahenge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Huygh%C3%A9"
    title: "Armand Huyghé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Huygh%C3%A9"
    title: "Armand Huyghé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Huygh%C3%A9_de_Mahenge"
    title: "Armand Huyghé de Mahenge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2861871"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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