- Born in 1540 in Oberschöna
- Deceased on March 17, 1599 in Paris, at the approximate age of 58 years
Parents
- Wolf von Schönberg (1518 - 1584), Herr zu Sachsenburg
- Anna von Minckwitz
Family
- Married on July 15, 1573, with Jeanne Chasteigner, alias Mademoiselle de La Roche-Posay (1543 - 1622), demoiselle d'honneur de Catherine de Médicis, issuing
Occupations
- colonel des Bandes noires
- maréchal de camp
- surintendant des finances (1594 - 1597)
- diplomate