About Jacques-Charles de Fitz-James
Lived 1743 – 1805 (aged 61). Jacques-Charles de Fitz-James was a French military officer.
Jacques Charles de Fitz-James, 5th Duke of Fitz-James (16 November 1743 – 11 August 1805) was a French-born nobleman.
He was a grandson of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, himself an illegitimate son of King James II and VII by Arabella Churchill, herself a sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough while his mother was a daughter of Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé, Marshal of France. During the French Revolution, Fitz-James was also part of the Armée des Émigrés.
Marriage On 26 December 1768, he married Marie Claudine Sylvie de Bissy, daughter of Henri Charles Gabriel de Bissy, Count of Thiard.
Children Henriette Victoire de Fitz-James (born 10 October 1770) married the Marquis de Maillé. Charles Jean de Fitz-James (born 1773) Édouard de Fitz-James, 6th Duke of Fitz-James (10 January 1776 – 15 November 1838)
Titles 16 November 1743 – 22 March 1787: The Marquis of Fitz-James 22 March 1787 – 11 August 1805: The Duke of Fitz-James, Peer of France
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French officer
When was Jacques-Charles de Fitz-James born?
Jacques-Charles de Fitz-James was born on 16 November 1743 in Paris.
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Jacques-Charles de Fitz-James died on 11 August 1805 in Paris.
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Jacques-Charles de Fitz-James was a military officer.
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Jacques-Charles de Fitz-James was French.
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