James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick
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Arms of Dukes of Fitz-James in the Jacobite peerage. James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica, 1st Duke of Fitz-James (French: Jacques Fitz-James Duc de Berwick; 21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734) was an Anglo-French military leader and the illegitimate son of King James II and VII by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough.
Liria Palace. Duke of Berwick ( / ˈbɛrɪk /) ( Spanish: Duque de Berwick) is a title that was created in the Peerage of England on 19 March 1687 for James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of James II and VII, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland and Arabella Churchill. The title's name refers to the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in England ...
DescendantBirthMarriagesDeath21 August 1670 Moulins, Allier son of ...Honora de Burgh, Countess de Lucan 26 ...12 June 1734 Philippsburg aged 6321 October 1696 son of James FitzJames, ...Catalina Colón de Portugal y Ayala, 9th ...2 June 1738 Naples aged 4128 December 1718 Madrid son of James ...María Teresa de Silva y Alvarez de Toledo ...30 September 1785 Valencia aged 6625 March 1752 Liria son of James ...Carolina Augusta, Prinzessin zu ...7 September 1787 Madrid aged 35- 1687 (created English title), 1707 (confirmed Spanish title)
Apr 17, 2024 · Fitzjames was the “illegitimate” son of James, duke of York (later King James II of England), and Arabella Churchill, the sister of John Churchill, later 1st duke of Marlborough. Educated in France, he was created duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed (usually abbreviated to duke of Berwick) by James II in 1687 and appointed governor of Portsmouth the ...
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Apr 9, 2024 · James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Fitz-James, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica (21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734) was an Anglo-French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. In 1695 he married Honora de Burke, the daughter of William Burke, 7th Earl ...
- Moulins, Auvergne
- Moulins, Auvergne, France
- August 21, 1670
In 1687, however, King James raised his son to the peerage of England with the titles Baron of Bosworth, Earl of Tinmouth, and Duke of Berwick. The 1st Duke of Berwick married twice. His son by his first marriage, the 2nd Duke of Berwick established himself in Spain where most of his descendants live today.
After Honora's death (1698) he married Sophia Bulkeley; they had a large family including Charles, later duke of Fitzjames, and Francis, bishop of Soissons. Much of Berwick's correspondence survives in the French archives. His memoirs were first published by his grandson in 1777 with a prefatory Éloge by Montesquieu.
Jan 18, 2018 · The death of the Duke of Berwick (1670-1734) at the siege of Philippsburg, Germany, 1734 (19th century). James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, was a French military leader and the illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough.
