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French officer (1743–1805)
Jacques Charles de Fitz-James |
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Full name | Jacques Charles de Fitz-James |
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Born | 16 November 1743 Paris, France |
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Died | 11 August 1805(1805-08-11) (aged 61) Paris, France |
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Spouse(s) | 26 December 1768, Marie Claudine Sylvie de Bissy (m. 26 December 1768) |
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Issue | Henriette, Marquise of Maillé
Édouard, 6th Duke of Fitz-James |
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Father |
Charles de Fitz-James |
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Mother | Louise Victoire Goyon |
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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]
Marriage
On 26 December 1768, he married Marie Claudine Sylvie de Bissy, daughter of
Henri Charles Gabriel de Bissy, Count of Thiard.
Children
- Henriette Victoire de Fitz-James (born 10 October 1770) married the Marquis de Maillé.
- Charles Jean de Fitz-James (born 1773)
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Édouard de Fitz-James, 6th Duke of Fitz-James
[4] (10 January 1776 – 15 November 1838)
Titles
- 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
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^ Thomson, G. M. (1987). The First Churchill: Life of the Duke of Marlborough. Morrow
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^ Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Mémoires, édition établie par Yves Coirault, t. 8, Paris, Editions Gallimard, tome 8, p. 1517.
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^ Forneron, Henri (1834–1886), Histoire générale des émigrés pendant la Révolution française, Forneron, E. Plon, Nourrit (Paris), T.I, p. 264.
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^ 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.
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^ Titres, anoblissements et pairies de la restauration 1814-1830, pp 60