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Hans Staden

German soldier (1525–1576)
Person Human Q61580
Hans Staden
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1525
Date of death
1579
Place of birth
Homberg (Efze)
Place of death
Wolfhagen
Country of citizenship
Germany[9]
Occupation
explorer, writer, autobiographer, Landsknecht
Notable work
True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[18]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[20]
Described by source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Neue Deutsche Biographie[15][16][17]
Family name
Staden[13]
Given name
Hans[14]
Movement
German Renaissance[12]
Name in native language
Hans Staden[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hans Staden ar هانز ستادن he האנס שטאדן ja ハンス・シュターデン pl Hans von Staden ru Ханс Штаден ru Штаден, Ханс zh 漢斯·史達頓
🔖 Identifiers · 51
ISNI
0000000118856817
VIAF cluster ID
4936822
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83212624
GND ID
118798367
Angelicum ID
81839
BHCL UUID
1028e275-834d-40e5-b132-c21e6151d800
BIBSYS ID
13009540
BLPL author ID
18205
Babelio author ID
10403
Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú ID
autor:hans-staden
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11925394g
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
staden-hans
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CBDB.cz author ID
73740
CCAB ID
000534595
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01318480
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11846870
DDB person (GND) ID
118798367
Databazeknih.cz author ID
34740
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118798367
Entomologists of the World ID
121719
FAST ID
1848907
FES digital collections entity ID
437632
Freebase ID
/m/05p645
Hessian Biography person ID
23557
IdRef ID
027146863
J9U entity ID
987007313206305171
KBR person ID
14558057
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118798367
NDL Authority ID
00526412
NL CR AUT ID
xx0008689
NLP ID
a0000001241213
NUKAT ID
n2010089007
National Library of Brazil ID
000593483
National Library of Chile ID
000199260
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001281127
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000280731
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*320622;=BB
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810599845305606, 9810594767905606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074016962
Obálky knih ID
xx0008689
Open Library ID
OL916874A
Parsifal cluster ID
252320
Projekt Gutenberg-DE author ID
staden
Québec cultural heritage directory people ID
16170
RERO ID (legacy)
A020115741
RILM ID
38659
SBN author ID
CFIV064908
SVKKL authority ID
p0083399-Staden-Hans-asi-1525asi-1576
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/253637
Wellcome Collection concept ID
vgg5gmvj
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv8KPqr9Hqc8PBhPRMkjC

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
writer, explorer, autobiographer
Described by source 2
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Given name 1
Hans
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Movement 1
German Renaissance
Notable work 1
True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil
Place of birth 1
Homberg (Efze)
Place of death 1
Wolfhagen
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil
← SNARC ID 1
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
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Summary

Hans Staden was born in 1525[1] in Homberg (Efze)[2]. He died in 1579[3] in Wolfhagen[4]. He worked as an explorer[5], writer[6], autobiographer[7], and Landsknecht[8].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Hans Staden include True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil[21], a literary work[22], in Brazil[23].

FAQs

Where was Hans Staden born?

Hans Staden's place of birth was Homberg (Efze)[2].

Where did Hans Staden die?

Hans Staden died in Wolfhagen[4].

What did Hans Staden do for work?

Hans Staden worked as an explorer[5], writer[6], autobiographer[7], and Landsknecht[8].

Related Entities

Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . NUPILL Literatura Digital. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 10d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Neue Deutsche Biographie
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63393: add described by source NDB and NDB-online (1/2)"
  2. 8w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → German soldier (1525–1576)
    Hessian Biography person ID → 23557
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #54302: migrate GND to own IDs"
  3. 9w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Poland MMS ID → 9810599845305606, 9810594767905606
    "Created claim: National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810594767905606, batch #270895"
  4. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 437632
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 437632, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  5. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0083399-Staden-Hans-asi-1525asi-1576
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0083399-Staden-Hans-asi-1525asi-1576, batch #259496"
  6. 24w ago · Reinheitsgebot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → German
    Place of death → Wolfhagen
    Instance of → human
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired, via https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/entry/111228579 ;"
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