Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg (

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, 5 August 1645 –

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, 17 October 1693) was a general in the Prussian, Dutch and

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, the second in the Von Schonberg line to be

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, a title in the

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. His father was Frederick, the first Duke. Charles, like his father, made his early career in

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, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general in 1689. In 1688, he served with his father as a mercenary of the

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in the

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which made

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king of England in 1689. In 1690 he succeeded as Duke when his father was killed at the

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. From 1691 he served as "General of the troops of his British Majesty in Piedmont", during the Nine Years' War; commanding three regiments of exiled French

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serving in the army of the

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: the regiments of Montauban, Miremont, and Montbrun. These troops were paid by the English government and led by Huguenot officers in English service. In late 1692, while still serving as General of the British troops in Piedmont, he was also appointed colonel of the Regiment Saint-Julian, whose commander, the Sieur Saint-Julian, had returned to French service after converting to Catholicism. Thereafter, the regiment was known as Regiment Schomberg. Charles died at the Battle of Marsaglia in 1693. He was succeeded by his brother,

Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg General (United Kingdom), General Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, Order of the Garter, KG (30 June 1641 – ), was a German-born military officer and peer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1691. ...

. He was succeeded as Colonel of his Regiment by another Huguenot in British service, Henri de Massue, 1st Viscount (later 1st Earl) of Galway. The regiment became known as Regiment Galway thereafter.

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