# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/letsie-i-moshoeshoe-of-lesotho
# Generated: 2026-08-16T06:52:58.010Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/letsie-i-moshoeshoe-of-lesotho"
name: "Letsie I Moshoeshoe of Lesotho"
slug: "letsie-i-moshoeshoe-of-lesotho"
description: "Letsie I was the paramount chief of the Basotho from 11 March 1870 until his death. His reign bridged the late protectorate period, annexation to the Cape Colony (1871), the Basuto Gun War (1880–1881), and the restoration of direct British rule as the Crown colony of Basutoland in 1884."
tagline: "King of Lesotho"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1811"
deathDate: "1891-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.95
  momentum:             3.586956521739132
  historical:           10.49636666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%96%D1%94_I_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B5"
    title: "Летсіє I Мошвешве"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_I"
    title: "Letsie I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_I."
    title: "Letsie I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_I_Moshoeshoe_of_Lesotho"
    title: "Letsie I Moshoeshoe of Lesotho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "لتسی اول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_I_Moshoeshoe_of_Lesotho"
    title: "Letsie I Moshoeshoe of Lesotho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_Ier_Moshoeshoe"
    title: "Letsie Ier Moshoeshoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A81%E4%B8%96"
    title: "レツィエ1世"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_I"
    title: "Letsie I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_I"
    title: "Letsie I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B5_I_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B5"
    title: "Летсие I Мошвешве"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_I"
    title: "Letsie I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3236931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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