Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth (19 November 1659,

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– 7 July 1696,

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) was a German noblewoman and daughter of

Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine Charles Louis, Elector Palatine (german: Karl I. Ludwig; 22 December 1617 – 28 August 1680), was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia and sister of Charl ...

Life

She was born in

as a daughter of

from his morganatic marriage with

Marie Luise von Degenfeld Luise von Degenfeld (28 November 1634 – 18 March 1677) was a German noblewoman and the morganatic second wife of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine. Early life Born as Baroness Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld in Strasbourg, she was the daug ...

. On 4th June 1683 she married

Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg Meinhardt might refer to: Surname *Sven Meinhardt (born 1971), German former field hockey forward *Gerek Meinhardt (born 1990), American foil fencer First name *Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg (1641–1719), general in the service of Pr ...

and moved to

. Like her siblings, she kept in touch with her aunt Electress Sophie of Hanover, whose son

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became King of Great Britain and Ireland, and her half-sister Elisabeth Charlotte (Liselotte), Duchess of Orléans, who married a

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. She and her husband had four children:

Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich (15 December 1683 – 5 October 1713) was a British soldier. He was the only son of Meinhardt Schomberg and his second wife Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth, daughter of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine a ...

Frederica Mildmay, Countess of Mértola Frederica Susanna Mildmay, Countess FitzWalter, 3rd Countess of Mértola (''née'' Schomberg, previously Frederica Darcy, Countess of Holderness; 1687 – 7 August 1751) was a British peeress. Life Frederica was the eldest surviving daughte ...

, Lady Caroline Schomberg, and Lady Mary Schomberg. However, Liselotte in one of her letters to Caroline's sister, Raugravine Louise, mentions that the couple had at least eight children. On 3 July 1694, she wrote: ''"I shudder to think that Caroline ..already has eight children; .."'' She is buried with her husband in

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