Duke of Berwick (Spanish: Duque de Berwick) is a title that was created in the Peerage of England on 19 March 1687 for James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of James II and VII, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland and Arabella Churchill. The title's name refers to the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in England, near the border with Scotland.
Image: Portrait of James II Prado
Image: Portrait of James II Prado
Image: Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud Jacques de Fitz James, duc de Berwick Versailles MV 3704
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James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica, 1st Duke of Fitz-James was an Anglo-French military leader and the illegitimate son of King James II and VII by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Berwick was a successful general in the pay of Louis XIV of France.
Philip V of Spain creates James, Duke of Liria and Jérica after the Battle of Almanza.