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 Churchill, herself a sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough[1] while his mother was a daughter of Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé, Marshal of France.[2] During the French Revolution, Fitz-James was also part of the Armée des Émigrés.[3]
Jacques Charles de Fitz-James | |
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| 5th Duke of Fitz-James | |
| Full name | Jacques Charles de Fitz-James |
| Born | 16 November 1743 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 August 1805 (aged 61) Paris, France |
| Spouse(s) | 26 December 1768, Marie Claudine Sylvie de Bissy (m. 26 December 1768) |
| Issue | Henriette, Marquise of Maillé Édouard, 6th Duke of Fitz-James |
| Father | Charles de Fitz-James |
| Mother | Louise Victoire Goyon |
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Marriage
editOn 26 December 1768, he married Marie Claudine Sylvie de Bissy, daughter of Henri Charles Gabriel de Bissy, Count of Thiard.
Children
edit- Henriette Victoire de Fitz-James (born 10 October 1770) married the Marquis de Maillé.
- Charles Jean de Fitz-James (born 1773)
- Édouard de Fitz-James, 6th Duke of Fitz-James[4] (10 January 1776 – 15 November 1838)
Titles
edit- 16 November 1743 – 22 March 1787: The Marquis of Fitz-James[5]
- 22 March 1787 – 11 August 1805: The Duke of Fitz-James, Peer of France
References
edit- ^ Thomson, G. M. (1987). The First Churchill: Life of the Duke of Marlborough. Morrow
- ^ Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Mémoires, édition établie par Yves Coirault, t. 8, Paris, Editions Gallimard, tome 8, p. 1517.
- ^ Forneron, Henri (1834–1886), Histoire générale des émigrés pendant la Révolution française, Forneron, E. Plon, Nourrit (Paris), T.I, p. 264.
- ^ Mill, John Stuart (15 December 1986). Newspaper Writings: Volumes XXII-XXV. University of Toronto Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-4426-3870-9. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ Titres, anoblissements et pairies de la restauration 1814-1830, pp 60