# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vimaladharmasuriya-i-of-kandy
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:29:45.130Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vimaladharmasuriya-i-of-kandy"
name: "Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy"
slug: "vimaladharmasuriya-i-of-kandy"
description: "Wimaladharmasūriya I was the king of the Kingdom of Kandy from 1592 to 1604. He is best known for successfully repelling two major Portuguese offensives: the Battle of Danture in 1594 and the Battle of Balana in 1602, in both of which the Portuguese suffered decisive defeats."
tagline: "King of Kandy"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1550"
deathDate: "1604"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.2955665024630542
  historical:           7.689238666666666
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "පළමුවන විමලධර්මසූරිය රජ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump