Henri de Schomberg

Henri de Schomberg (* 1575 in Paris, † November 17, 1632 in Bordeaux), Count of Nanteuil -le- Haudouin and Durtal, a French military leader was the time of Louis XIII ..

Life

Henri was born in France, the son of originating from Meissen, French General Caspar von Schönberg and his wife Jeanne de Chastaigner. In 1589 he was sent to the murder of King Henry III. briefly captured by the Catholic League. At age 17, he first fought for Emperor Rudolf II in Hungary. He then returned to France and made under Louis XIII. Career as a civil servant and officer. He proved to be a special confidant and loyal partisan of Cardinal Richelieu. This made ​​him, for example, as a special ambassador to the German Protestants, and made ​​use of him several times during the deposition of intrigues of the nobility opposition. 1619 to 1622 he was Controller-General of the French finances, in 1625 he received the title of Marshal of France. Shortly before his death (stroke), he was still governor of Languedoc.

In his first marriage he married Françoise in 1598, the daughter of Claude d' Espinays who died on 16 January 1602. With her he had two children, the son of Charles de Schomberg, who also became Marshal of France, and daughter Jeanne (1601 - 1674), who married François de Cossé, Count of Brissac, and Roger, Duke of La Roche- Guyon, . A year before his death, he married Anne de La Guiche († 1663 ). His second daughter, Jeanne- Armande came posthumously to the world. She married Charles II, Prince of Guémené from the distinguished noble family of Rohan, and died 1706.

Importance

Schomberg was one of the most important military leader under Louis XIII. and Cardinal Richelieu. Special merits he earned in battle against the Duke of Buckingham at the siege of La Rochelle, in the succession dispute of Mantua and in the suppression of the Fronde.

In addition, Schomberg was considered particularly reliable. Richelieu wrote about it in his memoirs: "He was a nobleman whose profession it was to keep loyalty, this virtue is a characteristic of his nation. He was not witty, but possessed a sound judgment, he was Superintendent of Finances. In this office he has enriched himself by not fifteen sous. He always kept complete integrity.; nevertheless, the financial people have taken advantage of his good nature under him. He was a generous man of complete honesty; God has him in the administration of three major decisive for the state tasks, really, on occasion of the most important actions of our century, emerge. His actions are: the victory over the British on the island of Ré, the relief of Casale and the Battle of Castelnaudary, where the Duke of Montmorency was captured. " And," Schomberg was a nobleman and famous for its German loyalty, as surintendant of Finance he proved the old constraint that no longer seemed by this time. "

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