# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:39:58.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling"
name: "William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling"
slug: "william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling"
description: "William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling PC was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Charles Fort, later Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1629 and Long Island, New York. His literary works include Aurora (1604), The Monarchick Tragedies (1604) and Doomes-Day."
tagline: "Scottish courtier and poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Alexander%2C_1st_Earl_of_Stirling_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20110.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1570"
deathDate: "1640-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.23
  momentum:             7.685837624375703
  historical:           9.449968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_(1er_comte_de_Stirling)"
    title: "William Alexander (1er comte de Stirling)"
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    title: "William Alexander, I conte di Stirling"
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    title: "William Alexander (1. hrabia Stirling)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump