Background
His father was Frederick, the First Duke, and his brother and heir was Meinhardt, the Third and Last Duke. Charles, like his father, made his early career in Brandenburg, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general in 1689.
His father was Frederick, the First Duke, and his brother and heir was Meinhardt, the Third and Last Duke. Charles, like his father, made his early career in Brandenburg, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general in 1689.
In 1688, as a mercenary of the Dutch Republic, he participated in the Glorious Revolution and subsequently served William III of Orange when the latter became king of England in 1689. These three regiments were the regiments of Montauban, Miremont and Montbrun. In late 1692, while still serving as General of the British troops in Piedmont, he was also appointed colonel of Regiment Saint-Julian.
This followed the defection of its former Colonel, the Sieur Saint-Julian who returned to French service after converting to Catholiscism.
Thereafter, as was customary with British regiments of the time, the regiment was known as Regiment Schomberg. Charles died at the Battle of Marsaglia in 1693.
The regiment became known as Regiment Galway thereafter.