# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meles-of-lydia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:44:46.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meles-of-lydia"
name: "Meles of Lydia"
slug: "meles-of-lydia"
description: "Meles was a semi-historical king of Lydia. According to Herodotus, he was the 21st and penultimate king of the Heraclid dynasty and was succeeded by his son, Candaules."
tagline: "King of Lydia"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "-733"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.49
  momentum:             2.775510204081633
  historical:           12.67793466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Мелес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81_(%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F)"
    title: "Мелес (Лидия)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirsos_de_L%C3%ADdia"
    title: "Mirsos de Lídia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AE%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9B%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Μήλης της Λυδίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meles_of_Lydia"
    title: "Meles of Lydia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirso_de_Lidia"
    title: "Mirso de Lidia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B3_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%87)"
    title: "ملس (شاه لیدیه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9l%C3%A8s_de_Lydie"
    title: "Mélès de Lydie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meles_dari_Lidia"
    title: "Meles dari Lidia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirso"
    title: "Mirso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirsos"
    title: "Mirsos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Мелес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meles_od_Lidije"
    title: "Meles od Lidije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meles_(kr%C3%A1%C4%BE)"
    title: "Meles (kráľ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meles_(Lidya_kral%C4%B1)"
    title: "Meles (Lidya kralı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2573783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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