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The Duke of Berwick
Quick facts for kidsThe Duke of Berwick
	Portrait by Francisco Jover y Casanova,; Prado museum
Duke of Berwick
Period	1687-1734
Successor	James Fitz-James Stuart
Born	21 August 1670; Moulins, Bourbonnais, France
Died	12 June 1734 (aged 63); Philippsburg, Baden,; Holy Roman Empire
Noble family	FitzJames
Spouse(s)	Lady Honora de Burgh; (m. 1695; died 1698) ; Anne Bulkeley; (m. 1700) ;
	Issue James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick; Henry James FitzJames, 2nd Duke of FitzJames; Henriette de FitzJames; François Fitz-James, 3rd Duke of FitzJames; Henry FitzJames; Charles de FitzJames, 4th Duke of FitzJames; Laure Anne de FitzJames; Marie Emilie de FitzJames; Edouard de FitzJames; Anne Sophie de FitzJames; Anne de FitzJames;
Father	James II of England
Mother	Arabella Churchill
Religion	Roman Catholicism
	Military career
Allegiance	Stuart-ruled Britain; Kingdom of France
Rank	Marshal of France

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 (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. Berwick was a successful general in the pay of Louis XIV of France.

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James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick
Philip V of Spain creates James, Duke of Liria and Jérica after the Battle of Almanza.