# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sigismund-von-herberstein
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:24:05.167Z

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name: "Sigismund von Herberstein"
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description: "Siegmund (Sigismund) Freiherr von Herberstein was a Carniolan diplomat, writer, historian and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council. He was most noted for his extensive writing on the geography, history and customs of Russia, and contributed greatly to early Western European knowledge of that area."
tagline: "Carniolan diplomat, writer and historian (1486–1566)"
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birthDate: "1486-08-23"
deathDate: "1566-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump