# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-von-knyphausen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:00:06.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-von-knyphausen"
name: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
slug: "wilhelm-von-knyphausen"
description: "Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr von Innhausen und Knyphausen was a German general officer who served in Hesse-Kassel. He fought in the American Revolutionary War, during which he commanded Hessian auxiliaries on behalf of Great Britain."
tagline: "Prussian soldier"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1716"
deathDate: "1800-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.896984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E9%A6%AE%C2%B7%E5%85%8B%E5%B0%BC%E6%99%AE%E8%B1%AA%E6%A3%AE"
    title: "威廉·馮·克尼普豪森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86"
    title: "فيلهلم فون كنيفهاوزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_zu_Innhausen_und_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm zu Innhausen und Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen"
    title: "Wilhelm von Knyphausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88824"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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