Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
Friedrich Hermann von Schönberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, 1st Count of Mertola, (French: Frédéric-Armand; Portuguese: Armando Frederico; 6 December 1615[1] – 1 July 1690[1]) was a Marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke Of Schomberg Media
Benjamin West's Battle of the Boyne (1778) shows the death of Schomberg in the bottom right-hand corner.
Latin inscription to the memory of Schomberg in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.
The former Boyne Obelisk (c.1890), Oldbridge, County Louth, Ireland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dunlop, Robert (2011). "Schomberg, Frederick Herman de, first duke of Schomberg (1615–1690)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online). Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/ref:odnb/24822. (subscription or UK public library membership required)