Family and Education
b. 30 June 1641, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Herman Schomberg, later duke of Schomberg, and Johanna Elizabeth, da. of Heinrich Dietrich, count of Schönberg auf Wesel; bro. Charles Schomberg, 2nd duke of Schomberg. educ. ?Academy of Saumur. m. (1) 3 Aug. 1667, Barbara Luisa, da. of Giovanni Girolamo Rizzi, s.p.; (2) 4 Jan. 1683, Raugräfin Caroline Elizabeth (d.1696), da. of Charles Louis, Elector Palatine, 5s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.). J.F.A. Kazner, Leben Friedrichs von Schomberg, i. 370-1. suc. bro. (Frederick) 1700 as count of Schönberg [Holy Roman Empire]; count of Mertola [Portugal]; marquis of Coubert [France]; KG, 12 Aug. 1703. d. 5 July 1719; admon. 29 July 1719 to das. Frederica, countess of Holdernesse, and Mary, Countess Degenfeld. TNA, PROB 6/95, f. 98.
Offices Held
PC 5 May 1695 – Sept. 1714; commr. appeals in Admiralty 1697.
Col., 8th Regt. of Horse (7th Dragoon Gds.) 1690 – 1711; gen. of Horse 1690 – d.; c.-in-c., forces in London and Westminster during the king’s absence 1691, forces in Scotland 1691 – 92, forces in England during the king’s absence 1695; forces in Portugal 1703 – 04.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: St James’; Pall Mall, Westminster (to 1698); Schomberg House, 80-82 Pall Mall (from 1698); Hillingdon House, Uxbridge (by 1698).Survey of London, xxix. 368-78; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 393.;
Likenesses
mezzotint, aft. Sir G. Kneller, c.1690, NPG D5918.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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