# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-astley-1st-baron-astley-of-reading
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:14:42.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-astley-1st-baron-astley-of-reading"
name: "Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading"
slug: "jacob-astley-1st-baron-astley-of-reading"
description: "Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War and most famously served during the Battle of Newbury and Naseby. He also was involved in the Dutch Revolt and the Thirty Years War. After the second phase of the Civil War, he was imprisoned and then retired in Maidstone. He died shortly after in 1652."
tagline: "British Royalist commander (1579 – February 1652)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_Astley%2C_1st_Baron_Astley_of_Reading.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1579"
deathDate: "1652"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.897959183673469
  historical:           5.290678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ジェイコブ・アストレー (初代リーディングのアストレー男爵)"
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    title: "Jacob Astley, Barwn Astley o Reading 1af"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Astley%2C_1.%C2%BA_Bar%C3%A3o_Astley_de_Reading"
    title: "Jacob Astley, 1.º Barão Astley de Reading"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "เจคอบ แอสต์ลีย์ บารอนแอสต์ลีย์ที่ 1 แห่งเรดิง"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump