James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
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James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
by Arabella Churchill
Arabella Churchill (royal mistress)
Arabella Churchill was the mistress of King James II, and the mother of four of his children...
, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
. In 1695 he married Honora de Burke, the daughter of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde
William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde
William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde, Irish peer, died 1687.Burke had served with his brother under their cousin, the 5th Earl of Clanricarde, during the Irish Confederate Wars and was their heir. he became Lieutenant of County Galway in 1680 and its Chief Governor in 1687.His first wife was...
and the widow of the 1st Earl of Lucan
Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan
Patrick Sarsfield , created the first Earl of Lucan, Irish Jacobite and soldier, belonged to an Anglo-Norman family long settled in Ireland.-Background:...
, who died in 1698. His second marriage, with Anne Bulkeley, daughter of Henry Bulkeley
Henry Bulkeley
Henry Bulkeley was an English courtier and politician.Henry Bulkeley was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and admitted at Gray's Inn in 1654...
, took place in 1700.
FitzJames was born at Moulins
Moulins, Allier
Moulins is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department.Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison Mantin the Anne de Beaujeu Museum.-History:...
in France before his father's accession to the throne, and was brought up a Roman Catholic and educated in the College of Juilly
College of Juilly
The College of Juilly The College of Juilly The College of Juilly (French: Collège de Juilly is a Catholic private teaching establishment located on the commune of Juilly, in Seine-et-Marne (France)...
, the Collège du Plessis, and the Jesuit College of La Flèche.
