# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/byrhtnoth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:15:32.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/byrhtnoth"
name: "Byrhtnoth"
slug: "byrhtnoth"
description: "Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, died at the Battle of Maldon. His name is composed of the Old English beorht (bright) and nōþ (courage). He is the subject of The Battle of Maldon, an Old English poem; J.R.R. Tolkien's short play in verse, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son; and a modern statue at Maldon."
tagline: "Ealdorman of Essex"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brythnoth_statue_Maldon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
deathDate: "991"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.11
  momentum:             4.536417002803336
  historical:           5.069516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrhtnoth"
    title: "Byrhtnoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrhtnoth"
    title: "Byrhtnoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrhtnoth"
    title: "Byrhtnoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrhtnoth"
    title: "Byrhtnoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrhtnoth"
    title: "Byrhtnoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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