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 Duke of Berwick 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 Christopher Columbus.
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| Born | Jacobo Francisco Eduardo Fitz-James Stuart y Colón de Portugal 28 December 1718 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 30 September 1785 (aged 66) Valencia, Spain |
| Spouse | María Teresa de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo |
| Children | Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jérica |
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Marriages and issue
editOn 26 July 1738, in Alba de Tormes, 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 Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza, 9th Duke of the Infantado, 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, Grandee of Spain, and a number of lesser Spanish noble titles. His wife was a sister of Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba, prime minister of Spain.
Their only son to survive to adulthood was Carlos Bernardo Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, (Liria, Valencia, 25 March 1752 – Madrid, 7 September 1787).
Titles
edit- 3rd Duke of Berwick
- 3rd Duke of Liria and Xérica, Grandee of Spain 1st Class
- 10th Duke of Veragua
- 9th Duke of la Vega
- 3rd Earl of Tinmouth
- 9th Count of Gelves
- 3rd Baron Bosworth
References
edit- Profile of James Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick, grandesp.org.uk; accessed 27 April 2016.