# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koos-de-la-rey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:55:20.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koos-de-la-rey"
name: "Koos de la Rey"
slug: "koos-de-la-rey"
description: "Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence. His death at the hands of the South African Police under controversial circumstances had a major role in sparking the Maritz rebellion."
tagline: "South African general (1847-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KoosDeLaRey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1847-10-22"
deathDate: "1914-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.549076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  247
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كوس د لا رى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "קוס דה לה ריי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Koos de la Rey"
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    title: "იაკობ დე ლა რეი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_Hercules_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Jacobus Hercules de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey"
    title: "Koos de la Rey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Де ла Рей, Коос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Де ла Рай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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