Henri de Schomberg

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Henri de Schomberg

Henri de Schomberg (* 1575 in Paris , † November 17, 1632 in Bordeaux ), Count of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin and Durtal, was a French military leader at the time of Louis XIII.

Life

Henri was born in France to the French officer Caspar von Schönberg , who came from Meissen , and his wife Jeanne de Chastaigner. In 1589 he was after the murder of King Henry III. briefly captured by the Catholic League . At the age of 17 he initially fought for Emperor Rudolf II in Hungary. Then he returned to France and made under Louis XIII. Career as a civil servant and officer. He turned out to be a particularly confidant and loyal supporter of Cardinal Richelieu . This put him z. B. joined the German Protestants as a special ambassador and used him several times to suppress intrigues of the aristocratic opposition. From 1619 to 1622 he was general controller of French finances. On February 15, 1622 he was Grand maître de l'artillerie de France as the successor to the deposed (because Protestant Maximilian II. De Bethune) and remained so until 1632. In 1625 he was Maréchal de France . Shortly before his death (stroke) he became governor of Languedoc .

His first marriage was Françoise in 1598, the daughter of Claude d'Espinays, who died on January 16, 1602. With her he had two children, the son of Charles de Schomberg , who was also Marshal of France, and the daughter Jeanne (1601-1674), the François de Cossé, Count of Brissac, and Roger, Duke of La Roche-Guyon , married . A year before his death he married Anne de La Guiche († 1663). His second daughter Jeanne-Armande was born posthumously. She married Charles II, Prince of Guémené , from the important noble Rohan family and died in 1706.

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Schomberg was one of the most important military leaders under Ludwig XIII. and Cardinal Richelieu . He earned special services in the fight against the Duke of Buckingham at the siege of La Rochelle , in the dispute over the succession of Mantua and in the suppression of the Fronde .

In addition, Schomberg was considered particularly reliable. Richelieu wrote of him in his memoir: “He was a nobleman whose job it was to be faithful, this virtue is a quality of his nation. He was not ingenious, but he had a solid judgment, he became Chief Financial Officer. In this office he has not enriched himself by fifteen sous. He always maintained complete integrity .; nevertheless the financiers under him took advantage of his good nature. He was a generous person with complete honesty; God has made him stand out in carrying out three great tasks that are crucial for the state, indeed on the occasion of the most important actions of our century. His deeds are: the victory over the English on the island of Ré , the relief of Casale and the battle of Castelnaudary , where the Duke of Montmorency was taken prisoner. "And:" Schomberg was a nobleman and famous for his German loyalty as Surintendant of finances he demonstrated the old integrity that no longer seemed of that time. "

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SURNAME Schomberg, Henri de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French military leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1632
Place of death Bordeaux