# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henri-alexis-brialmont
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:37:21.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henri-alexis-brialmont"
name: "Henri Alexis Brialmont"
slug: "henri-alexis-brialmont"
description: "Henri-Alexis Brialmont, nicknamed The Belgian Vauban after the French military architect, was a Belgian army officer, politician and writer of the 19th century, best known as a military architect and designer of fortifications. Brialmont qualified as an officer in the Belgian army engineers in 1843 and quickly rose up the ranks. He served as a staff officer, and later was given command of the district of the key port of Antwerp. He finished his careers as Inspector-General of the Army. Brialmont was also an active pamphleteer and political campaigner and lobbied through his career for reform and expansion of the Belgian military and was also involved in the foundation of the Congo Free State."
tagline: "Belgian military engineer and writer (1821-1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri_Brialmont.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1821-05-25"
deathDate: "1903-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump