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Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
b.30 Jun 1641 Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Duke of Leinster, KG (30 June 1641 – ), was a general in the service of Willem, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, later King William III of England. He fought in the Franco-Dutch War, then played a crucial role at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 during the Williamite War in Ireland and finally commanded the British troops deployed to Portugal during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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