The 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 II & VII,

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, Scotland and Ireland, a monarch of the House of Stuart.Ruvigny, ''The Nobilities of Europe'', 303. After the Revolution of 1688, the 1st Duke of Berwick followed his father into exile and much of the family's history since then has been in Spain and France, with several members of the family serving in a military capacity. The house has two main branches. The senior branch, carrying the title of Duke of Berwick and residing in Spain, derived from the 1st Duke's first marriage to Honora Burke, Countess of Lucan. This branch has collected many titles throughout its history, including a few

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ships of Spain, with some members acting as

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s or military officers. The junior branch was associated with France and derived from the 1st Duke's second marriage to an Englishwoman, Anne Bulkeley. Perhaps the best-known member of this branch was Édouard de Fitz-James, 6th Duke of Fitz-James (1776–1838), an

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who escaped to Italy after the French Revolution and returned to France around the time of the

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, after which he became a prominent politician. This branch became extinct in the male line upon the death of the 10th Duke of Fitz-James in 1967.

Senior branch

Dukes of Berwick and of Liria

* James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick * James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick *

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick 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 dea ...

* Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Berwick *

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duke of Berwick Jacobo is both a surname and a given name of Spanish origin. Based on the name Jacob. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Alfredo Jacobo (born 1982), Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Mexico *Cesar Chavez Jacobo, Dominican professiona ...

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 6th Duke of Berwick Jacobo is both a surname and a given name of Spanish origin. Based on the name Jacob. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Alfredo Jacobo (born 1982), Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Mexico *Cesar Chavez Jacobo, Dominican professional ...

This branch gained the Spanish title of Duke of Alba after the death in 1802 of the childless María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba. The branch's ancestral link to the dukedom of Alba was through the 4th Duke of Berwick, whose mother was the granddaughter of the 11th Duchess of Alba. * Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 7th Duke of Berwick and 14th Duke of Alba * Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 8th Duke of Berwick and 15th Duke of Alba * Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 9th Duke of Berwick and 16th Duke of Alba * Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 10th Duke of Berwick and 17th Duke of Alba Upon the death of the 10th Duke of Berwick in 1953, his Spanish titles (including the dukedoms of Alba and of Liria) went to his daughter while the Jacobite dukedom of Berwick went to his nephew (who was already the 19th Duke of Peñaranda de Duero), due to differences between the Spanish and Jacobite succession laws ( male-preference primogeniture and agnatic primogeniture respectively).

Junior branch

Dukes of FitzJames

* James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick * Henry James Fitz-James, 2nd Duke of Fitz-James * François de Fitz-James, 3rd Duke of Fitz-James * Charles de Fitz-James, 4th Duke of Fitz-James *

Jacques Charles de Fitz-James, 5th Duke of Fitz-James Jacques Charles de Fitz-James, 5th Duke of Fitz-James (16 November 1743 – 11 August 1805) was a French-born nobleman who was a grandson of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, himself an illegitimate son of King James II and VII by Arabella Ch ...

* Édouard de Fitz-James, 6th Duke of Fitz-James * Jacques Marie Emmanuel de Fitz-James, 7th Duke of Fitz-James *

Édouard Antoine Sidoine de Fitz-James, 8th Duke of Fitz-James Édouard is both a French given name and a surname, equivalent to Edward in English. Notable people with the name include: * Édouard Balladur (born 1929), French politician * Édouard Boubat (1923–1999), French photographer * Édouard Colonne (1 ...

* Jacques Gustave Sidoine de Fitz-James, 9th Duke of Fitz-James * Jacques de Fitz-James, 10th Duke of Fitz-James

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