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  1. 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.

  2. May 18, 2018 · Berwick, James FitzJames, 1st duke of (1670–1734). Berwick spent almost all his life abroad in foreign military service. He was a natural son of James, duke of York, by Arabella Churchill, sister of the future duke of Marlborough. Born and educated in France, Berwick volunteered to join the emperor's forces besieging the Turkish redoubt of ...

  3. 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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  5. 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
  6. House of Silva. The House of FitzJames Stuart, or simply FitzJames, is a noble house founded by James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick. He was the illegitimate son of James II & VII, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, a monarch of the House of Stuart. [1] After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the 1st Duke of Berwick followed his father into ...

  7. Brief Life History of James Fitzjames. When James Fitzjames Stuart I Duke of Berwick - Upon - Tweed was born on 21 August 1670, in Moulins, Allier, Auvergne, France, his father, King James Stuart, II of England, Ireland and Scotland, was 36 and his mother, Arabella Churchill, was 22. He married Honorina de Bourk y McCarthy.

  8. Pierre Drevet (French, 1663–1738) After Antonio Maria Ienary (Italian, 1679–1744)

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