James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick

Who was James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick?

James Francis Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick, was a Jacobite and Spanish nobleman. He inherited titles in the Jacobite and Spanish nobility on the death of his father in battle in 1734 at Philippsburg, during the War of the Polish Succession. He was also Consort Duke of Veragua and of la Vega and a Consort-Marquis of four further titles by his Spanish marriage in 1716. His full title was 2nd Duke of Berwick, 2nd Earl of Tinmouth, 2nd Baron Bosworth, 2nd Duke of Liria and Xerica, Grandee of Spain 1st class, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, as well as the holder of several earldoms.