# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-de-witte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:26:22.921Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-de-witte"
name: "Hans de Witte"
slug: "hans-de-witte"
description: "Hans de Witte (1583–1630) was a German financier who was the main financial backer of Albrecht von Wallenstein's army during the Thirty Years War. After Wallenstein was dismissed by Ferdinand II, de Witte committed suicide.\nWallenstein was dismissed on 26 August 1630, De Witte committed suicide on 28 August 1630 and couldn't possibly have heard the news.\nDe Witte had become very wealthy in partnership with Wallenstein. Unable to service loans his credit rating dropped and other financiers avoided him. Wallenstein replied to his pleas by demanding immediately 20,000 gulden for the monthly upkeep of his court. De Witte threw himself down his well. On receiving the news Wallenstein sent a team to salvage any assets."
tagline: "Financier"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1583"
deathDate: "1630-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.85
  momentum:             5.333333333333333
  historical:           4.807992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_de_Witte"
    title: "Hans de Witte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_de_Witte"
    title: "Hans de Witte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_de_Witte"
    title: "Hans de Witte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_de_Witte"
    title: "Hans de Witte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_de_Witte"
    title: "Hans de Witte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1583287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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