# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-van-brugge
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:45:00.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-van-brugge"
name: "Jacob van Brugge"
slug: "jacob-van-brugge"
description: "Jácome de Bruges, 1st Captain-Donee of Terceira was the brother of Louis de Gruuthuse, 1st Earl of Winchester of the wealthy Gruuthuse noble family from Bruges, their grandfather Jean III d'Aa of Gruuthuse participated in the great tournament of Bruges on 11 March, 1393. Jácome became a servant of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal, who initiated the so-called Portuguese Age of Discovery in the 15th century."
tagline: "Flemish merchant and colonizer (1418-1472)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1418"
deathDate: "1472"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.878078666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1come_de_Bruges"
    title: "Jácome de Bruges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1come_de_Bruges"
    title: "Jácome de Bruges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1come_de_Bruges"
    title: "Jácome de Bruges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9B%85%E7%A7%91%E6%A2%85%C2%B7%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%83%E9%B2%81%E6%97%A5"
    title: "雅科梅·德布鲁日"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Brugge"
    title: "Jacob van Brugge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1come_de_Bruges"
    title: "Jácome de Bruges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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