Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
Meinhard von Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg and 1st Duke of Leinster, (* June 30, 1641 in Cologne, . † 5./15 July 1719 in Hillingdon, Middlesex ) was a German -French- British general and military leader.
Meinhard von Schomberg was the second son of Marshal Friedrich von Schomberg. In 1683 he married Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of the Elector Karl Ludwig I. von der Pfalz and Marie Louise Degen field Raugräfin to Palatinate. Together with his father naturalized as a Frenchman, he distinguished himself in the wars of Louis XIV in higher positions often produced, so also at the siege of Freiburg and those of Rheinfelden in the following year. He then came with his father to Brandenburg, where the 15./25 it. November 1688 was hired as a cavalry general and colonel of Trabantenleibgarde. On July 25 / 4 August 1689 he was " dimittiert " on diverse application before Bonn (ie laid off), even though his contract ended in April 1690. He then went with his father to England and later to Ireland, where he fought in the Battle of the Boyne, in which his father was killed. As the successor of Marlborough, he was from 1691 to 1711 Commander in Chief of the Forces.
Meinhard von Schomberg died as Duke of Schomberg and Leinster in the English service at 5./15. Juli 1719. As the only son of Charles Louis Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich, had died in 1713, extinguished the Duke Would Schomberg and Leinster.
The name " Schomberg " went over the daughter Mary to her husband, the Count Christoph Martin Degen field, her uncle, 2nd degree, and their common children over. The offspring are called to this day counts of Degenfeldstrasse - Schonenburg. Meinhard von Schomberg also heard about the direct ancestors of the British Princess Lady Diana Spencer ( 1961-1997 ).
Family
His first wife was Barbara Luisa Rizzi, a piedmontesische princess whom he married on August 3, 1667. The couple had no children. On January 4, 1682, he married Caroline Elisabeth Raugräfin daughter of Charles I Ludwig ( Pfalz) and Marie Luise von Degen field. The couple had the following children:
- Karl Ludwig ( * December 15, 1683, † October 14, 1713 ) died of syphilis
- Caroline (* 1686, † June 18, 1710 )
- Frederica (1688-1751)
- Mary ( * March 16, 1692, † April 29, 1762 ) ∞ Christoph Martin Degen field ( 1689-1762 ) later Degen field Schonenburg
According to Liselotte of the Palatinate, the couple had at least eight children. She writes to Luise Palatinate, her half-sister and sister Caroline, on July 3, 1694: I am frightened, whom I Denke that Caroline [ ... ] hatt already had 8 children; [ ... ]