Jacobo Francisco Eduardo Fitz-James 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 Stuart, in 1738, he inherited his titles of

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and Duke of Liria and Xerica. 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

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Marriages and issue

On 26 July 1738, in

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, 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, son of

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, and of the outstandingly wealthy Maria Teresa Alvarez de Toledo, (18 September 1691 – 1755), 11th Duquesa de Alba de Tormes, 8th duquesa de Huéscar, 4th Duquesa de Montoro, 6th Duquesa de Olivares, 7th Duquesa de Galisteo,

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, and a number of lesser Spanish noble titles. His wife was a sister of

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, prime minister of Spain. Their only son to survive to adulthood was Carlos Bernardo Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, ( Liria,

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, 25 March 1752 –

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, 7 September 1787).

Titles

*3rd

*3rd Duke of Liria and Xérica, Grandee of Spain 1st Class *10th

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*9th Duke of la Vega *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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Berwick, Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of

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