Fritz: the noble commander

Click on me and I will tell you about my eventful life!

I am Friedrich Hermann von Schönburg and lived from 1615 to 1690.

Many generations of noble Schönburgs lived in the knight's castle on top of the mountain. At the end of the 17th century, Friedrich Hermann von Schönburg, who had grown up in Heidelberg Castle, and his wife, a Schönburger from Oberwesel, were the sole owners of the castle. He tells of his long family history, the quarrels at the castles and the wars he fought as a commander for great kings.

The father of five sons looks back proudly on his life, speaks of his kinship to Lady Di and his heroic death in a major battle for the English throne - not without giving us some current wisdom along the way ...