# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-merkert
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:48:54.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-merkert"
name: "Maria Merkert"
slug: "maria-merkert"
description: "Maria Luise Merkert was a German Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth. Merkert worked to help those in need including the poor and ill and tended to them with her older sister until her sudden death and the death of her other companions - this left Merkert alone to found and maintain her order as its first Superior General from 1859 until her death."
tagline: "Superior General of the Congregation of St Elizabeth (1817–1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Merkert_mit_Stammhaus_in_Neisse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1817-09-21"
deathDate: "1872-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.19
  momentum:             1.887019230769231
  historical:           7.874514666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://gabiula.pl.tl/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maria_Luiza_Merkert"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "ماريا ميركيرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Luiza_Merkert"
    title: "Maria Luiza Merkert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Merkert"
    title: "Maria Merkert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Merkert"
    title: "Maria Merkert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Merkert"
    title: "Maria Merkert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Merkert"
    title: "Marie Merkert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Merkert"
    title: "Maria Merkert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Merkert"
    title: "Maria Merkert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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