Overview
Henri de Schomberg, Comte de Nanteuil (1575 – 17 November 1632), was a Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIII.
Biography
Schomberg was born at Paris. Superintendent of Finances from 1619 to 1623. He became Marshal of France in 1625.
In 1628, Schomberg rescued Toiras in the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré with an army of 6,000 men and some cavalry. Together with Toiras he pursued the retreated English army of the Duke of Buckingham, with great loss being sustained by the latter.
Henri de Schomberg commanded Royal troops against the Huguenot rebellions, at the Siege of Privas.
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