Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick


Jacobo Francisco Eduardo Fitz-James Stuart y Colón de Portugal, 3rd Duke of Berwick, 3rd Duke of Liria and Jérica, 9th Duke of Veragua, 9th Duke of la Vega was a Spanish Jacobite. 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 His mother was Spanish, and on her side he was a direct descendant of explorer Christopher Columbus.

Marriages and issue

On 26 July 1738, in Alba de Tormes, he married Maria Teresa de Silva y Alvarez de Toledo, daughter of Manuel Maria de Silva y Mendoza,, 9th Conde de Galve, 7th son of the 5th Duke of Pastrana and Estremera and of the outstandingly wealthy Maria Teresa Alvarez de Toledo,, 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 staggering number of lesser Spanish noble titles.
Their only son to survive to adulthood was Carlos Bernardo Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva,.

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