# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christophe-antoine-merlin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:12:34.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christophe-antoine-merlin"
name: "Christophe Antoine Merlin"
slug: "christophe-antoine-merlin"
description: "Christophe Antoine Merlin became a French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He joined a volunteer regiment in 1791 and fought against the Kingdom of Spain in the War of the Pyrenees. After becoming an officer in the 4th Hussar Regiment, he participated in the Rhine and Italian campaigns. In 1805, he was promoted general of brigade and fought in Italy and in the 1806 Invasion of Naples. Later, he became an equerry to Joseph Bonaparte when that individual headed the Kingdom of Naples."
tagline: "French officer (1771–1839)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christophe_Antoine_Merlin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1771-05-27"
deathDate: "1839-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.19
  momentum:             4.057971014492754
  historical:           5.006984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كريستوف أنطوان ميرلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe_Antoine_Merlin"
    title: "Christophe Antoine Merlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe-Antoine_Merlin"
    title: "Christophe-Antoine Merlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe_Antoine_Merlin"
    title: "Christophe Antoine Merlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Мерлен, Кристоф Антуан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2966076"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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