Henry FitzJames (6 August 1673 – 16 December 1702), titular 1st
Duke of Albemarle
The Dukedom of Albemarle () has been created twice in the Peerage of England, each time ending in extinction. Additionally, the title was created a third time by James II in exile and a fourth time by his son the Old Pretender, in the Jacobite ...
in the
Jacobite peerage, was the illegitimate son of King
James II of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Gloriou ...
and VII of Scotland by
Arabella Churchill, sister of the first
Duke of Marlborough
General (United Kingdom), General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an Engl ...
.
Life
FitzJames was born in
St. James's Square,
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
, then in the county of
Middlesex
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,
England
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. He was the brother of
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 o ...
, the
French Marshal
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. He was also the brother of
Henrietta FitzJames
Henrietta Butler, Viscountess Galmoye, previously Henrietta Waldegrave, Baroness Waldegrave (née Lady Henrietta FitzJames; 1667 – 3 April 1730), was an illegitimate daughter of James Stuart, Duke of York, subsequently King of England, Sco ...
and Arabella FitzJames, who was named after her mother and became a nun.
On 20 July 1700, he married Marie Gabrielle d'Audibert de Lussan, daughter and heiress of
Jean d'Audibert, Comte de Lussan and Marie Françoise Raimond. He had a
posthumous
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* Posthumous award - an award, prize or medal granted after the recipient's death
* Posthumous publication – material published after the author's death
* Posthumous (album), ''Posthumous'' (album), by Warne Marsh, 1987
* ...
daughter, Lady Christine Marie Jacqueline Henriette FitzJames, born 29 May 1703 at
Bagnols sur Cèze, Languedoc, France, who became a nun. His widow remarried in May 1707, at
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
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Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...
, to John Drummond, Marquess of Forth, later 2nd
Duke of Melfort
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...
(1682–1754).
Unrecognized title
FitzJames was created
Duke of Albemarle
The Dukedom of Albemarle () has been created twice in the Peerage of England, each time ending in extinction. Additionally, the title was created a third time by James II in exile and a fourth time by his son the Old Pretender, in the Jacobite ...
, together with the subsidiary titles of
Earl of Rochford
Earl of Rochford was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1695 and became extinct in 1830.
History
The title of Earl of Rochford was created in 1695 for William Nassau de Zuylestein, one of the most trusted companions of his kin ...
and
Baron Romney
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, by his father on 13 January 1696, but the title is only recognized by
Jacobites
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Religion
* Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include:
** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometime ...
. He was also appointed the
Grand Prior
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of the revived Priory of the English Commandery of the
Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, known as the Knights of Malta.
Ancestry
Notes
References
*Ruvigny and Raineval, Henry Melville de Massue de Ruvigny, Marquis of, ''The Jacobite Peerage'', Edinburgh, 1904.
1673 births
1702 deaths
17th-century English nobility
18th-century English people
Henry
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
Illegitimate children of James II of England
People from Westminster
Dukes of Albemarle
Dukes in the Jacobite peerage
Peers created by James II (1689–1701)
Sons of kings
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