births
June 30, 1641
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (died 1719)
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
General Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG, was a German-born military officer and peer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1691. He spent the majority of his military career in service to William III of England, fighting in the Portuguese Restoration War, Franco-Dutch War, Williamite War in Ireland and the War of the Spanish Succession.