# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eggerik-beninga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:12.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eggerik-beninga"
name: "Eggerik Beninga"
slug: "eggerik-beninga"
description: "Eggerik Beninga (1490–1562), also known as Eggeric(k) Benninga or Benynga, was an East Frisian chronicler and steward of the Leerort Fortress. From 1540 to 1556 he was also counselor to Anna of Oldenburg. He wrote an account of the history of the Frisians until the year 1562 A.D."
tagline: "German writer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Grabmal_Eggerik_Beninga_Grimersum.jpg/330px-Grabmal_Eggerik_Beninga_Grimersum.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1490"
deathDate: "1562-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.15
  momentum:             6.923076923076924
  historical:           5.470770666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggerik_Beninga"
    title: "Eggerik Beninga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggerik_Beninga"
    title: "Eggerik Beninga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggerik_Beninga"
    title: "Eggerik Beninga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Эггерик Бенинга"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggerik_Beninga"
    title: "Eggerik Beninga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggerik_Beninga"
    title: "Eggerik Beninga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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