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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Berwick canonical 18
Duc de Berwick 1
Duque de Berwick 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

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 (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Duchess of Berwick → genderFormOf → Duke of Berwick ⓘ
Duchess of Berwick → hasTitleForm → Duke of Berwick ⓘ
James Fitz-James Stuart → nobleTitle → Duke of Berwick ⓘ
James Fitz-James Stuart → nobleTitle → Duque de Berwick ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Berwick