# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-van-rensselaer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:27.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-van-rensselaer"
name: "Stephen Van Rensselaer"
slug: "stephen-van-rensselaer"
description: "Stephen Van Rensselaer III, was an American landowner, businessman, politician, and militia officer. He took control of Rensselaerswyck, his family's manor in upstate New York, at the age of twenty-one. He encouraged settlement by granting tenants seven years of free rent, although he retained ownership of timber, minerals, and water power. He earned the sobriquet \"the Good Patroon\" for generally proving to be a lenient landlord; rather than eviction, he preferred to accept partial payment or goods and services in lieu of cash when tenants were in arrears."
tagline: "New York landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician (1764-1839)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StephenVanRensselaerIIIPortrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1764-11-01"
deathDate: "1839-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.17272266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ستيفن فان رينسيلار"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ایستفن وان رنزسلار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer_III."
    title: "Stephen Van Rensselaer III."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer"
    title: "Stephen Van Rensselaer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer"
    title: "Stephen Van Rensselaer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer"
    title: "Stephen Van Rensselaer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8C%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%80_III"
    title: "Սթիվեն Վան Ռենսելեր III"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer_III"
    title: "Stephen Van Rensselaer III"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer"
    title: "Stephen Van Rensselaer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_van_Rensselaer"
    title: "Stephen van Rensselaer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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