James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick [SEP] mother
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
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.
Early life.
FitzJames was born at Moulins in France before his father's accession to the throne
Edward Stuart.
His father was killed in 1693 at the Battle of Landen. The following year his mother remarried to James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, the son of the exiled James II. Berwick raised James Sarsfield as his stepson. His half-brother was James Fitz-James Stuart.
He served at the Siege of Barcelona in 1714 alongside Berwick, and was wounded in the final assault. In 1718 he was involved in a Jacobite plan to launch a rebellion and place James on the throne of Britain