Duke of Berwick

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The Duke of Berwick was a Jacobite and later French noble title most famously held by James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of King James II of England and a distinguished military commander in European wars.

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Duke of Berwick canonical 15
Duc de Berwick 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French peerage title
Jacobite peerage title
noble title
associatedWith House of Stuart
Jacobitism
linked to: Jacobite forces
connectedTitle Duc de Berwick
linked to: Duke of Berwick

Duke of Fitz-James
Duke of Liria and Jérica
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
createdBy James II of England
James VII of Scotland
firstHolder James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
historicalEra early 18th century
late 17th century
namedAfter Berwick-upon-Tweed
nobleRank duke
notableHolder James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
succession passed to descendants of James FitzJames
titleHolderBirthPlace Moulins, France
titleHolderDeathCause killed in action
titleHolderDeathPlace near Philippsburg, Holy Roman Empire
titleHolderDynasticHouse House of Stuart
titleHolderFather James II of England
James VII of Scotland
titleHolderMilitaryActivity Nine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
titleHolderMilitaryRole general in the French army
marshal of France
titleHolderMother Arabella Churchill
titleHolderNotableBattle Battle of Almanza
titleHolderRelationship illegitimate son of James II of England
titleHolderReligion Roman Catholicism
titleHolderSide Bourbon France
Jacobite cause
titleInheritance hereditary title
titleStatusInBritain Jacobite, not recognized by Hanoverian government
titleStatusInFrance recognized in the French peerage

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Referenced by (16)

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House of Alba nobleTitle Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick heldTitle Duke of Berwick
subject linked to: FitzRoy
Baron Bosworth historicalAssociation Duke of Berwick
Baron Bosworth relatedTitle Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick nobleTitle Duke of Berwick
subject linked to: Baron Bosworth
Siege of Philippsburg (1734) commander Duke of Berwick
Duke of Fitz-James relatedTitle Duke of Berwick
Duke of Berwick connectedTitle Duc de Berwick
linked to: Duke of Berwick
Earl of Tinmouth subordinateTo Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick titleHeld Duke of Berwick
subject linked to: Earl of Tinmouth
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick heldTitle Duke of Berwick
subject linked to: FitzJames
FitzJames nobleTitleAssociated Duke of Berwick
Charles FitzJames alsoKnownAs Duke of Berwick
Charles FitzJames nobleTitle Duke of Berwick