# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolas-durand-de-villegaignon
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:42:45.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolas-durand-de-villegaignon"
name: "Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon"
slug: "nicolas-durand-de-villegaignon"
description: "Nicolas Durand, sieur de Villegagnon, also Villegaignon was a commander of the Knights of Malta, and later a French naval officer who attempted to help the Huguenots in France escape persecution, before turning against them due to Eucharistic disputes."
tagline: "French admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolas_Lagneau_-_Nicolas_Durand_de_Villegagnon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1510"
deathDate: "1571-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump