# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-francois-roberval
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:04:03.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-francois-roberval"
name: "Jean-François Roberval"
slug: "jean-francois-roberval"
description: "Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval was a French nobleman and adventurer who, through his friendship with King Francis I, became the first Lieutenant General of New France. As a corsair he attacked towns and shipping throughout the Spanish Main, from Cuba to Colombia. He died in Paris as one of the first Huguenot martyrs."
tagline: "French privateer and governor (c. 1500–1560)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_la_Roque_de_Roberval.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1495"
deathDate: "1560"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.07
  momentum:             3.603351955307262
  historical:           9.462964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Роберваль, Жан-Франсуа де"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean-François de la Rocque de Roberval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Roberval"
    title: "Jean-François Roberval"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Roberval"
    title: "Jean-François Roberval"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_la_Rocque_de_Roberval"
    title: "Jean-François de la Rocque de Roberval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rocque_de_Roberval"
    title: "Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rocque_de_Roberval"
    title: "Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rocque_de_Roberval"
    title: "Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Franc%C3%A9s_de_La_R%C3%B2ca_de_Roberval"
    title: "Joan Francés de La Ròca de Roberval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump