# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maximilian-count-of-merveldt
# Generated: 2026-08-16T03:22:06.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maximilian-count-of-merveldt"
name: "Maximilian, Count of Merveldt"
slug: "maximilian-count-of-merveldt"
description: "Maximilian, Count von Merveldt, among the most famous of an illustrious old Westphalian family, entered Habsburg military service, rose to the rank of General of Cavalry, served as Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor's ambassador to Russia, and became special envoy extraordinaire to the Court of St. James's. He fought with distinction in the wars between the Habsburg and the Ottoman empires, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars."
tagline: "Austrian diplomat and general (1764-1815)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rincklake-Maximillian_Graf_von_Merveldt-WUS00439.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1764-06-29"
deathDate: "1815-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             15.44854881266491
  historical:           5.680922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian%2C_Count_of_Merveldt"
    title: "Maximilian, Count of Merveldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxmilian_von_Merveldt"
    title: "Maxmilian von Merveldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Friedrich_von_Merveldt"
    title: "Maximilian Friedrich von Merveldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мерфельд, Максимилиан фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_de_Merveldt"
    title: "Maximilian de Merveldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_von_Merveldt"
    title: "Maximilian von Merveldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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