Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick


Jacobo Francisco Eduardo Fitz-James Stuart y Colón de Portugal, 3rd Duke of Berwick 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 Jérica. 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.

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, son of Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza, 9th Duke of the Infantado, and of the outstandingly wealthy,, 11th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, 8th Duchess of Huéscar, 4th Duchess of Montoro, 6th Duchess of Olivares, 7th, 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,.

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