# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-de-las-mercedes-santa-cruz-y-cardenas-de-jaruco
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:41:44.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-de-las-mercedes-santa-cruz-y-cardenas-de-jaruco"
name: "Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Cardenas de Jaruco"
slug: "maria-de-las-mercedes-santa-cruz-y-cardenas-de-jaruco"
description: "Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, also known as Comtesse Merlin, was a Cuban-born writer."
tagline: "Cuban writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_Condesa_de_Merl%C3%ADn_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1789-02-05"
deathDate: "1852-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.938337333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_las_Mercedes_de_Merl%C3%ADn"
    title: "María de las Mercedes de Merlín"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_las_Mercedes_Santa_Cruz_y_Montalvo"
    title: "Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_las_Mercedes_Santa_Cruz_y_Montalvo"
    title: "María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_las_Mercedes_Santa_Cruz_y_Montalvo"
    title: "Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18115584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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