Charles de Schomberg
Charles de Schomberg (born February 16, 1601 in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin , † June 6, 1656 in Paris ) was Duke of Halluin and a French military leader under Cardinal Richelieu and his successor Jules Mazarin .
Life
Charles was born the son of Marshal of France Henri de Schomberg and his first wife Françoise d'Espinay. The Schomberg are a sideline of the Saxon noble family Schönberg . From 1632 to 1642 he was governor and royal lieutenant général of Languedoc . In 1637 he was appointed Marshal of France. When France was preparing to occupy Catalonia during the war with Spain in 1639 and the Supreme Commander Henri II. De Bourbon hesitated to support the Catalans' attempts at autonomy, Schomberg took the initiative against the instructions of Cardinal Richelieu. After the invasion, he acted briefly as viceroy of Catalonia .
In 1620 he had married the heiress Anne d'Halluin († November 1641) in his first marriage (and thereby acquired the title of "duc d'Halluin") and on September 24, 1646 in his second marriage to Marie de Hautefort (1616–1691), a lady-in-waiting of the French Queen Anna of Austria , who was also the special (but probably platonic) confidante of King Louis XIII for some time . was.
Charles de Schomberg also promoted the military career of Friedrich von Schomberg , who was not related to him, but came from the Rhenish family von Schönburg on Wesel .
From 1647 to 1657 Schomberg was Colonel général des Cent-Suisses et Grisons .
Web links
- Coat of arms of the Schomberg family with a link to a painting by Charles de Schomberg
- Family tree ( Memento from March 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ web.genealogies.free.fr ( Memento of March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schomberg, Charles de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1601 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nanteuil-le-Haudouin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1656 |
| Place of death | Paris |