Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick
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Born | Jacobo Francisco Eduardo Fitz-James Stuart y Colón de Portugal 28 December 1718 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 30 September 1785 Valencia, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Spouse(s) | María Teresa de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo |
Children | Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jérica |
Jacobo Francisco Eduardo Fitz-James Stuart y Colón de Portugal, 3rd Duke of Berwick, 3rd Duke of Liria and Jérica, 9th Duke of Veragua, 9th Duke of la Vega (28 December 1718 – Valencia, 30 September 1785) was a Spanish Jacobite. On the death of his father, James Fitz-James Stuart, in 1738, he inherited his titles of Duke of Berwick and . (He also possessed many other titles in both Spain and England.) His mother was Spanish, and on her side he was a direct descendant of explorer Christopher Columbus.
Marriages and issue[]
On 26 July 1738, in Alba de Tormes, he married Maria Teresa de Silva y Alvarez de Toledo (6 May 1716 – 5 May 1790), daughter of Manuel Maria de Silva y Mendoza, (born 18 October 1677), 9th Conde de Galve, 7th son of the 5th Duke of Pastrana and Estremera and of the outstandingly wealthy , (18 September 1691 – 1755), 11th Duquesa de Alba de Tormes, 8th duquesa de Huéscar, 4th , 6th Duquesa de Olivares, 7th , Grandee of Spain, and a number of lesser Spanish noble titles (such as Marquessats, Earldoms, Baronetages, Viscountships and Lordships).
Their only son to survive to adulthood was Carlos Bernardo Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, (Liria, Valencia, 25 March 1752 – Madrid, 7 September 1787).
Titles[]
- 3rd Duke of Berwick
- 3rd Duke of Liria and Xérica, Grandee of Spain 1st Class
- 9th Duke of Veragua
- 9th
- 3rd Earl of Tinmouth
- 9th Count of Gelves
- 3rd Baron Bosworth
References[]
- Profile of James Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick, grandesp.org.uk; accessed 27 April 2016.
- Spanish nobility
- Dukes of Veragua
- House of Stuart
- Dukes of Berwick
- Grandees of Spain
- Spanish people of Irish descent
- 1718 births
- 1785 deaths