# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinrich-rantzau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:52.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinrich-rantzau"
name: "Heinrich Rantzau"
slug: "heinrich-rantzau"
description: "Heinrich Rantzau or Ranzow (Ranzovius) was a German humanist writer and statesman, a prolific astrologer and an associate of Tycho Brahe. He was son of Johan Rantzau. \nHe was Governor of the Danish royal share in the Duchy of Holstein, a rich man and celebrated book collector. Rantzau is perhaps best remembered as a patron of scholars. His own Tractatus astrologicus de genethliacorum thematum appeared in 1593, and went through five editions by 1615. In his own time, he was regarded as a generous supporter of artists and writers in Lübeck, many of whom he engaged to write memorials of his father. Rantzau was also a successful merchant with trading interests in the east–west trade through Husum and Lübeck."
tagline: "German humanist writer, astrologer, and astrological writer (1526–1598)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich_Rantzau_mit_Elefantenorden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1526-03-11"
deathDate: "1598-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.277580071174377
  historical:           9.903926666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Henrik Rantzau"
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    title: "هينريخ رانتزاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хайнрих Рантцау"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henrik Rantzau"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rantzau"
    title: "Heinrich Rantzau"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rantzau"
    title: "Heinrich Rantzau"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rantzau"
    title: "Heinrich Rantzau"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rantzau"
    title: "Heinrich Rantzau"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henricus_Ranzovius"
    title: "Henricus Ranzovius"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Rantzau"
    title: "Henrik Rantzau"
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    title: "Ранцау, Генрих"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump