# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sigismond-frederic-de-berckheim
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:48:06.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sigismond-frederic-de-berckheim"
name: "Sigismond-Frédéric de Berckheim"
slug: "sigismond-frederic-de-berckheim"
description: "Sigismond Frédéric de Berckheim became a French division commander during the last years of the Napoleonic Wars. Born into an old Alsatian family, he joined an infantry regiment at the age of 14. In 1807 he became the commanding officer of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment. In 1809 he led his cavalrymen at Eckmühl, Ratisbon, Aspern-Essling and Wagram. Promoted to general of brigade, he fought at First and Second Polotsk and the Berezina in 1812. He led a cavalry brigade at Lützen and Bautzen in 1813. Promoted to general of division, he led a cavalry division at Dresden, Leipzig and Hanau. He commanded a cavalry division at Arcis-sur-Aube in 1814. He became an inspector general and a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1815 and 1816. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 12."
tagline: "French soldier, politician and officer (1772-1819)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sigismond-Frederic_de_Berckheim_by_Jean-Urbain_Guerin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1772-08-09"
deathDate: "1819-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.6
  momentum:             0.8571428571428571
  historical:           4.805076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "سيجيسموند فريديريك د بيركخيم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismond_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_de_Berckheim"
    title: "Sigismond Frédéric de Berckheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismond_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_de_Berckheim"
    title: "Sigismond Frédéric de Berckheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismond-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_de_Berckheim"
    title: "Sigismond-Frédéric de Berckheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Беркхейм, Сигизмон-Фредерик де"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377434"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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