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5 unusual facts about Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg


Apprentice Boys of Derry

The siege of Derry ended when, under the orders of the Dutch Marshall Frederic Schomberg, three armed merchant ships, the Mountjoy, the Phoenix and the Jerusalem, sailed up the River Foyle.

Banners in Northern Ireland

These include the Siege of Derry, particularly the shutting of the gates and the relief of the city, or portraits of Williamite commanders such as the Duke of Schomberg.

Carrickfergus Castle

General Schomberg besieged and took the castle in 1690.

Hans Meinhard von Schönberg

Anna would give birth to a child, Frederick, subsequently the 1st Duke of Schomberg, in Heidelberg in December 1615.

Jan Wyck

Other scenes he painted include the Siege of Derry (1689), and the horse and battle portion of Godfrey Kneller's famous portrait of the Duke of Schomberg, who had been killed at the Battle of the Boyne.


Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán

He conquered in 1674 Bellegarde Fort, 42° 27′ 31″ N, 2° 51′ 33″ E, French since the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659 between France and Spain, but it was taken back by the mercenary Troop Commander Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, (Heidelberg, Germany, 1615 - Battle of the Boyne, near Drogheda, Ireland, 1 July 1690 1690) on behalf of king Louis XIV of France.

Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

After a time he retired to his family estate at Geisenheim on the Rhine, but in 1639 he re-entered the Dutch army, in which, apparently, apart from a few intervals at Geisenheim, he remained until about 1650.


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