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Charles, duc de Fitz-James (4 November 1712 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye – 22 March 1787 at his hôtel particulier, Paris) was a French general and 4th Duke of Fitz-James, who descended from the British House of Stuart. He rose to become a peer and Marshal of France.
Édouard, 6th Duke of Fitz-James Dukes of FitzJames. James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick; Henry James Fitz-James, 2nd Duke of Fitz-James; François de Fitz-James, 3rd Duke of Fitz-James; Charles de Fitz-James, 4th Duke of Fitz-James; Jacques Charles de Fitz-James, 5th Duke of Fitz-James; Édouard de Fitz-James, 6th Duke of Fitz-James
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FitzJames was born at Moulins in France before his father's accession to the throne, and was brought up in France as a Catholic. He was the son of James and his mistress Arabella Churchill, sister of the English captain general and statesman John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. He was educated at the Stuarts' expense in the College of Juilly, t...
After his father's final exile, Berwick served in the French army under Marshal Luxembourg, including at the battles of Steenkerque. Luxembourg fell into William's trap set against superior numbers, but reinforcements failed the Allies, and the French rallied to send the Maison Militaire du Roi infantry downhill. Berwick was in the charge of the di...
The last great event of the War of the Spanish Succession was the Duke of Berwick's storming of Barcelona, after a long siege, on 11 September 1714. In that year, he was appointed a Knight of the Golden Fleece. Trying to explain the failure of the Jacobite Risings, the Old Pretender "never forgave his half-brother, The Blues ex-colonel, Berwick, no...
Berwick had children by both his marriages. His descendants were the French Ducs de Fitz-James and the Spanish Duques de Liria and later the Dukes of Alba. Berwick fell in love with General Patrick Sarsfield's 19-year-old pregnant widow.[citation needed] They married in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines) on 26 March 1695, two years after Sarsfield's ...
Handley, Stuart (May 2011). "Fitzjames, James, Duke of Berwick upon Tweed (1670–1734". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public libr...Holmes, Richard (2000). Marlborough. London: HarperPress.Tucker, Spencer C., ed. (2015). "James Fitzjames, First Duke of Berwick". 500 Great Military Leaders. Vol. I. ABC-CLIO.Cavendish, Richard (April 2007). "The Battle of Almanza". History Today. 57(4).Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Berwick, James FitzJames, Duke of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 835–836.Childs, John (1980). The Army of James II and The Glorious Revolution. Manchester University Press.Lees-Milne, James (1983). The Last Stuarts. Hogarth Press.James, 1st Duke of Berwick[Usurped!]Feb 6, 2010 · Charles de Fitz-James born November 4, 1712, St.Germain-en-Laye died March 22, 1787, Paris succeeded as Pair de France, 1736; 4. Duc de Fitz-James; resigned the peerage, 1769; Governor of Limousin, Bearn, Guyenne, and Bretagne; Marshal of France, 1775 married February 1, 1741 Victoire Louise Josèphe Gouyon de Matignon de Gace born August 9 ...
Apr 30, 2022 · Age 74. Death of Charles, IV. duc de Fitz-James. Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Genealogy for Charles de Fitz-James, Duke of Fitz-James (1712 - 1787) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Charles, duc de Fitz-James (4 November 1712 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye – 22 March 1787 at his hôtel particulier, Paris) was a French general and 4th Duke of Fitz-James, who descended from the British House of Stuart. He rose to become a peer and Marshal of France.
Jacques Charles de Fitz-James (1743-1805), 4e duc de Fitz-James. Edouard_de_Fitz-James (1776-1838), 5e duc de Fitz-James. Jacques Marie Emanuel de Fitz-James (1803-1846), 6e duc de Fitz-James. Edouard Antoine Sidoine de Fitz-James (1828-1906), 7e duc de Fitz-James. Jacques Gustave Sidoine de Fitz-James (1852-1944), 8e duc de Fitz-James.
