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Berwick (JAMES FITZJAMES DUKE OF born)

JAMES FITZJAMES, DUKE OF, born in 1670; was a natural son of James II., King of England, and Arabella Churchill, sister of the Duke of Marlborough. His first military service was under Charles, Duke of Lorraine, in Hungary, and he was present at the siege of Buda He was created Duke of Berwick in 1687; accompanied James II. to France, at the Revolution, served under him in Ire- Buda, and the battle of Mohacz.

BERWYN land, and was at the battle of the Boyne.

He became Lieutenant-General in the French army, was naturalized in France, afterward commanded in Spain, and by the victory of Almanza secured the throne to Philip V. He especially distinguished himself by the defense of Provence and Dauphiné, in 1709, against the superior forces of the Duke of Savoy.

He was killed at the siege of Philipsburg, in 1734.