# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rajasinha-i-of-sitawaka
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:11:50.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rajasinha-i-of-sitawaka"
name: "Rajasinha I of Sitawaka"
slug: "rajasinha-i-of-sitawaka"
description: "Rajasinghe I also known as the lion of Sitawaka was a king of Sitawaka, known for his patriotism and fight against the Portuguese invasion of Sri Lanka. Born as Tikiri Bandara to King Mayadunne, he received the name \"Rajasinha\" after the fierce Battle of Mulleriyawa."
tagline: "Sri Lankan king of Sitawaka from 1581 to 1593"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1544"
deathDate: "1593"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.34
  momentum:             4.249271137026239
  historical:           7.881174666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Раджасінга"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Sinha_I"
    title: "Raja Sinha I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasinha_I"
    title: "Rajasinha I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasinha_I"
    title: "Rajasinha I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasinha_I_dari_Sitawaka"
    title: "Rajasinha I dari Sitawaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasimha_I_di_Sitawaka"
    title: "Rajasimha I di Sitawaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj%C3%A1_Sinha_I_de_Ceitavaca"
    title: "Rajá Sinha I de Ceitavaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%85%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%94"
    title: "සීතාවක පළමුවන රාජසිංහ රජු"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "முதலாம் ராஜசிங்கன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3289754"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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