Jean III de Schulemberg, comte de Montejeu (ca 1597/98 – 25 March 1671), of distant

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n origin, was born at the château de Guincourt, son of Jean, seigneur de Montejeu and his wife Anne, daughter of Jean d'Averhoult, seigneur de La Lobe.

Life

He attended a course of studies at the Academy of Sedan, but at the age of sixteen served as

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(standard-bearer) to the Protestant

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, sovereign prince of Sedan, whom he followed at the siege of

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in Piedmont (1614), and then at the battle of Prague, 8 November 1620. In 1621 he proclaimed himself a Roman Catholic though still serving under

. With the formal outbreak of hostilities in the

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, he participated at the sieges of Saint-Jean d'Angely and

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, then commanded troops repelling the siege of

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; he fought under the maréchal de La Force, commanded troops in

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and in

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, was made a field marshal (1639), a lieutenant-general (1650), and then, called from Coblenz to be governor of Arras, made a name for himself at the defense of Arras (1654), facing down and counterattacking the

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, at the head of Spanish troops; the Great Condé was forced to retire, 25 August. In consequence of this success he was made marquis de MontejeuBoulliot 1830. and a

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, 16 June 1658. He was made a

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, 31 December 1661. He died in 1671 at his château of Montejeu, Attigny. He married Madeleine de Roure,"De Forceville" according to Boulliot 1830. daughter of the seigneur de Basancourt; she died in 1674. They left no children.

Sources

A brief biographical sketch was published by Suzanne Renée Briet, "Un Maréchal de France inconnu : Jean de Schulemberg, comte de Mont-de-Jeux (1598–1671)", ''Les cahiers d’études ardennais'' 4 (1959:38–40) Mezières: Editions de la Société d'Études Ardennaises, Archives departmentales; it was expanded in book form as ''Le maréchal de Schulemberg'' (Mezières: Editions de la Société d'Études Ardennaises) 1960.

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External links

Savigny: Historique: Familles: Schulemberg
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