SCHOMBERG, Frederick Herman (1615-90)

Family and Education

b. c. 26 Dec. 1615, o. s. of Hans Meinhard von Schönberg, Ct. Marshal to Frederick V, Elector Palatinate, and Anne, da. of Edward Sutton^†, 5th Bar. Dudley. educ. Academy of Hanau 1625-6; Academy of Sedan 1626-30; Paris 1630; Univ. of Leiden, 1631-3. J.F.A. Kazner, Leben Friedrichs von Schomberg, i. 4-7. m. (1) 30 Apr. 1638, Johanna Elizabeth (d.1664), da. of Heinrich Dietrich, count of Schönberg auf Wesel, 6s. (3 d.v.p.); (2) 14 Apr. 1669, Susanne (d.1688), da. of Daniel d’Aumale, Seigneur d’Harcourt, s.p. suc. fa. 3 Aug. 1616 (a minor) as Count Schönberg [Holy Roman Empire]; cr. count of Mertola [Portugal], 1663, comte de Coubet [France], 1668; KG 3 Apr. 1689. d. 1 July 1690; admon. 19 Nov. 1690.

Offices Held

PC 25 Apr. 1689 – 1 July 1690.

Recorder, Harwich, 1689 – 90.

Maréchal-de-Camp [French Army], 1652; lt.-gen. [French Army], 1655; c.-in-c. [Portuguese Army], 1663 – 68; col., regt. of Horse [Portuguese Army]1664–8; J. Childs, Army of Charles II, 235. capt.-gen., Anglo-French forces against United Provinces 1673; marshal of France 1675 – 85; generalissimo, forces of elector of Brandenburg 1687; lt.-gen., Prince of Orange’s forces for invasion of England 1688 – 89; col., 1st Ft. Royal Scots 1688 – d.; master-gen. of ordnance 1689 – d.; gen. allied forces 1689–d. 1689 – d. Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 467, 517, 504; Ailesbury Mems. 244–5. col., regt. of Horse [Huguenot],; capt.-gen., English and allied forces in Ireland 1689 – d.

Parlimentarian

SCHOMBERG, Frederick Herman (1615-90)

Associated with: St James’.Ailesbury Mems. 244.;

SCHÖNBERG

Likenesses

after Sir G. Kneller, bt., mezzotint, c.1689, NPG D1338.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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