# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arnold-von-melchtal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:15:38.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arnold-von-melchtal"
name: "Arnold von Melchtal"
slug: "arnold-von-melchtal"
description: "Arnold von Melchtal, also spelt Melchthal and otherwise Arnold von der Halden, was one of the three Eidgenossen, the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland. He represented the Canton of Unterwalden at the Rütlischwur."
tagline: "Legendary founding father of Switzerland"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drei_Eidgenossen_-_Detailaufnahme.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
birthDate: "1250"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           41.95
  momentum:             0.1983471074380165
  historical:           5.022212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_von_Melchtal"
    title: "Arnold von Melchtal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_von_Melchtal"
    title: "Arnold von Melchtal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_de_Melchtal"
    title: "Arnold de Melchtal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_von_Melchtal"
    title: "Arnold von Melchtal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Арнольд Гальденский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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