Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.

Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees.

Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. If the image is a painting click to see the painter's Biography Page. Move the mouse off the image to close the popup.

Place the mouse over links to see a preview of the Page. Move the mouse off the link to close the popup.



Biography of Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 1687-1751

Maternal Family Tree: Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld 1634-1677

On 4th January 1682 [her father] Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg (age 40) and [her mother] Karoline von der Pfalz (age 22) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg (age 66).

In 1687 Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter was born to Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg (age 45) and Karoline von der Pfalz (age 27). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 28th June 1696 [her mother] Karoline von der Pfalz (age 36) died.

On 26th May 1715 Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness (age 33) and Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Holderness. She the daughter of Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg (age 73) and Karoline von der Pfalz.

On 17th May 1718 [her son] Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness was born to [her husband] Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness (age 36) and Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 31). He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 16th July 1719 [her father] Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg (age 78) died. Duke Schomberg extinct.

On 20th January 1721 [her husband] Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness (age 39) died. His son [her son] Robert (age 2) succeeded 4th Earl Holderness, 11th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 8th Baron Conyers, 5th Baron Darcy of Meinhill.

On 18th June 1724 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter (age 51) and Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 37) were married. She the daughter of Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg and Karoline von der Pfalz.

Around 1727. Joseph Highmore (age 34). Portrait of Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 40).

In 1728 [her brother-in-law] Charles Mildmay 18th Baron Fitzwalter (age 58) died without issue. His brother [her husband] Benjamin (age 55) succeeded 19th Baron Fitzwalter. Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 41) by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.

In 1730 [her husband] Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter (age 57) was created 1st Earl Fitzwalter, 1st Viscount Harwich Essex. Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 43) by marriage Countess Fitzwalter.

On 7th November 1735 [her son-in-law] William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian (age 25) and [her daughter] Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness and Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 48). He the son of William Kerr 3rd Marquess Lothian (age 45). They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 7th August 1751 Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 64) died.

On 29th February 1756 [her former husband] Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter (age 83) died. Earl Fitzwalter, Viscount Harwich Essex extinct. Baron Fitzwalter abeyant between the issue of his aunt Mary Mildmay. The abeyance was terminated 30 Sep 1924 after nearly 169 years in favour of one of the co-heirs Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter.

[her daughter] Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian was born to Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness and Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 1687-1751 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 1687-1751

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 1687-1751

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 1687-1751

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hans Meinhard Schomberg

GrandFather: Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Dudley 5th Baron Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Brydges Baroness Dudley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Chandos 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Dudley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Theodosia Harrington Baroness Dudley

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham

Father: Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick III Elector Palatine 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VI Elector Palatine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandFather: Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James V of Scotland Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Karoline von der Pfalz Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

GrandMother: Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld