Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

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Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

German military officer

Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg KG PC was a German-born military officer and nobleman who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1689 to 1690. Wikipedia

Born: December 1615, Heidelberg, Germany

Died: July 11, 1690 (age 74 years), Oldbridge, Ireland

Children: Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg, and Friedrich X Graf von Schönberg Conde de Mértola

Place of burial: St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland

Nationality: British and German

Grandchildren: Maria Wilhelmina Elisabeth Gräfin von Schönberg Condessa de Mértola, Frederica Mildmay, Countess of Mértola, Lady Caroline Schomberg, and more

Great grandchildren: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, August Christof von Degenfeld-Schonburg, Lady Caroline Darcy, and more