Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

Battles of Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

Marshal of France (1615-1690)

Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1663 and 1690: 3 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Portugal (2), United Kingdom (1), Ireland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,914 km apart end to end, 638 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Portuguese Restoration War (2), Williamite War in Ireland (2).

Battle of AmeixialBattle of Montes ClarosSiege of CarrickfergusBattle of the BoyneBattle of AmeixialBattle of Montes ClarosSiege of CarrickfergusBattle of the BoyneMadridBerlinGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtNaplesHamburgBrussels1000 km46.740N, 6.729W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1663: 1 engagements1 in 16631665: 1 engagements1 in 16651689: 1 engagements1 in 16891690: 1 engagements1 in 169016631690
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ameixial, 1663Battle of Montes Claros, 1665Siege of Carrickfergus, 1689Battle of the Boyne, 169016631690
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 June 1663Battle of AmeixialFreguesia de Santa Vitória do Ameixial, PortugalAnglo-Portuguese victory
17 June 1665Battle of Montes ClarosBorba, Portugal18 km SEAnglo-Portuguese victory
1689Siege of CarrickfergusCarrickfergus, United Kingdom1,778 km NWilliamite victory
1 July 1690Battle of the BoyneDrogheda, Ireland117 km SWilliamite victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Attributed to Adriaen van der Werff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.