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    Duke of Berwick (/ˈbɛrɪk/) (Spanish: Duque de Berwick) is a title that was created in the Peerage of England on 19 March 1687 for James FitzJames, the...
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    FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who was the illegitimate son of James II of England...
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    James Francis (Jacobo Francisco) Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick, 2nd Duke of Liria and Xérica (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, 21 October 1696 –...
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    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...
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    Stuart y Colón de Portugal, 3rd Duke of Berwick (28 December 1718 – 30 September 1785) was a Spanish nobleman. On the death of his father, James Fitz-James...
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    Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba, 10th Duke of Berwick, GE, LH, GCVO (17 October 1878 – 24 September 1953) was a Spanish peer, diplomat...
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    Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y Palafox, 16th Duke of Alba, 9th Duke of Berwick GE (December 4, 1849 – October 15, 1901) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat...
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    four acknowledged children by her, including James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick. Their relationship led to appointments for her brothers; John was...
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    Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ˈbɛrɪk/ ), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km)...
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    4th Duke of Liria and Jérica, 4th Duke of Berwick (25 March 1752 – 7 September 1787) was a Spanish nobleman. Born in Liria, Spain, he was the son of James...
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    1st Duke of Berwick and through him, the exiled King James II of England & VII of Scotland. He was the second surviving son of the 5th Duke of Berwick and...
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    counter this, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, was appointed commander of Bourbon forces in North-East Spain, a total of 33,000 men, split equally between...
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    Arabella Churchill (royal mistress) (category Mistresses of James II of England)
    James, Duke of Berwick, she is an ancestor of the Earls Spencer and Diana, Princess of Wales as well as of the Dukes of Berwick, the later Dukes of Alba...
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    co-lateral titles of this 15 Duke of Alba were: 15th Duke of Alba 13th Duke of Huéscar 8th Duke of Berwick 8th Duke of Liria and Jérica 8th Duke of Montoro 11th...
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  • 6th Duke of Berwick, 6th Duke of Liria, 6th Duke of Jérica, Grandee of Spain (3 January 1792 – 5 January 1795) was the second surviving son of the 5th...
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    1685) Other titles (1st Duke): Lord Churchill of Eyemouth, in the county of Berwick (Scotland 1682) John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722)...
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  • Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Stolberg-Gedern, 5th Duke of Liria and Jérica, 5th Duke of Berwick, Grandee of Spain (Paris, 25 February 1773 – Madrid, 3 April...
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    FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, an illegitimate son of King James II of England. This title was used by the junior branch of the House of FitzJames. The...
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    afterwards. After his death at the Battle of Landen, she married James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, an illegitimate son of James II. She may have introduced...
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    adult. He was designated Duke of York at birth, invested with the Order of the Garter in 1642, and formally created Duke of York in January 1644. In August...
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    of Alba (see also Duke of Berwick) Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba Don Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba Don Jacobo Fitz-James...
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  • unknown) Dennison Berwick (born 1956), author Donald Berwick (born 1947), American professor of pediatrics and health care policy Duke of Berwick, a title in...
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    French army under the Duke of Berwick to invade the western Basque districts of Spain in April 1719, still under the shock of Philip V's military intervention...
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    being held of the most Noble Order of the Garter, his Grace the Duke of Berwick and his Grace the Duke of Ormond were Elected Knights Companions of that Order...
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    1687 and 1703, and is believed to be named after James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick. Several buildings constructed in the 1730s are still standing, such...
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    Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed. June 21 – In Montreal, New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique...
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    commanded by James II's son James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, counter-attacked. Having secured the village of Oldbridge, the Williamite infantry tried to...
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    The Siege of San Sebastián took place in 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance when French forces under the Duke of Berwick successfully laid...
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    Rhine River valley during the War of the Polish Succession. The Duke of Berwick led 100,000 men up the Rhine Valley, of which 60,000 were detached to invest...
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    a Knight of the Garter. His second wife was Lady Anne Churchill, the second daughter of the distinguished soldier John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough...
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