# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwig-von-siegen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:27:22.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwig-von-siegen"
name: "Ludwig von Siegen"
slug: "ludwig-von-siegen"
description: "Ludwig von Siegen was a German soldier and amateur engraver, who invented the printmaking technique of mezzotint, a printing-process reliant on mechanical pressure used to print more complex engravings than previously possible. He was a well-educated aristocrat, and a Lieutenant-Colonel who commanded the personal guard of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and acted as a personal aide to the ruler, with the title kammerjunker or Chamberlain."
tagline: "German engraver (1609–1680)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_von_Siegen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1609-04-28"
deathDate: "1680"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.673794666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Siegen"
    title: "Ludwig von Siegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Siegen"
    title: "Ludwig von Siegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Siegen"
    title: "Ludwig von Siegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Зиген, Людвиг фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Siegen"
    title: "Ludwig von Siegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Siegen"
    title: "Ludwig von Siegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324128"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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