Duke of Schomberg
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Duke of Schomberg in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

 was created in 1689. The title derives from the surname of its holder (originally Schönberg).

Dukes of Schomberg (1689)

Other titles: Marquess of Harwich, Earl of Brentford
Earl of Brentford
Earl of Brentford was a title that was created twice in Peerage of England. It was first created in 1644 when the Scottish soldier and diplomat Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth, was made Earl of Brentford, in the County of Middlesex. He had already been created Lord Ruthven of Ettrick in 1639 and...

 and Baron Teyes (1689)
  • Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
    Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
    Friedrich Hermann , 1st Duke of Schomberg , KG , was a marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army....

     (1615–1690), military commander in the Williamite War in Ireland
    Williamite war in Ireland
    The Williamite War in Ireland—also called the Jacobite War in Ireland, the Williamite-Jacobite War in Ireland and in Irish as Cogadh an Dá Rí —was a conflict between Catholic King James II and Protestant King William of Orange over who would be King of England, Scotland and Ireland...

  • Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg
    Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg
    Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg was a General in the British Army, the second person to be Duke of Schomberg, a title in the Peerage of England...

     (1645–1693), younger son of the 1st Duke, was also a general
Other titles (3rd Duke): Duke of Leinster, Earl of Bangor and Baron of Tara (En 1690)
  • Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
    Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
    Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG was a general in the service of Prince William of Orange, later King William III of England.-Military career:...

    , 1st Duke of Leinster (1641–1719), elder son of the 1st Duke, was also a general. He died without surviving male issue and his titles all went extinct
  • Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich
    Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich
    Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich was a British soldier.He was the only son of Meinhardt Schomberg and his second wife Raugravine Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine and Marie Luise von Degenfeld...

    (1683–1713), only son of the 3rd Duke, died from syphilis, before his father
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