# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gudea
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:50.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gudea"
name: "Gudea"
slug: "gudea"
description: "A Sumerian ruler who married into power around 2144 BC and turned Lagash into a golden-age city-state while most of Mesopotamia answered to the Gutians."
tagline: "Lord (Ensi) of ancient sumerian city state of Laga"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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birthDate: "-2200"
deathDate: "-2200"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           21.982736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Gudea wasn't born into Lagash's ruling line. He married Ninalla, daughter of the ruler Ur-Baba, and that wedding opened the door. He took power around 2144 BC in southern Mesopotamia, at a time when the Gutian dynasty — a language-isolate people from the northeast — controlled much of the region, including Mari. Lagash under Gudea somehow kept considerable independence from them, and the city flourished. His son Ur-Ningirsu II succeeded him when he died around 2124 BC.