# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernardo-i-of-kongo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:51:06.120Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernardo-i-of-kongo"
name: "Bernardo I of Kongo"
slug: "bernardo-i-of-kongo"
description: "Bernardo I of Kongo was a 16th-century manikongo (ruler) of the Kingdom of Kongo, a region encompassing areas in 21st-century Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He came to power after murdering his half-brother Afonso II who was less well-disposed toward the Portuguese."
tagline: "Was king of the kingdom of Kongo from 1561 to 1566"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Amar_Roi_de_Whydah.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1501"
deathDate: "1566"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.7
  momentum:             1.807228915662651
  historical:           11.34661733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%83_I_(%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE)"
    title: "Бернарду I (маніконго)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "برناردو الاول من كونجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernat_I_del_Congo"
    title: "Bernat I del Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_I_of_Kongo"
    title: "Bernardo I of Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_I_del_Congo"
    title: "Bernardo I del Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Ier_du_Kongo"
    title: "Bernard Ier du Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_I_del_Congo"
    title: "Bernardo I del Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EB%A5%B4%EB%82%98%EB%A5%B4%EB%91%90_1%EC%84%B8"
    title: "베르나르두 1세"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_I"
    title: "Bernard I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_I_van_Kongo"
    title: "Bernardo I van Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_I_(w%C5%82adca_Konga)"
    title: "Bernard I (władca Konga)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_I_do_Congo"
    title: "Bernardo I do Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_I_av_Kongo"
    title: "Bernardo I av Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2709636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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