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James FitzJames

Type Figure Region England Time 1670–1734 Also known as Duke of Berwick

James FitzJames, illegitimate son of James, Duke of York (later James II) and Arabella Churchill, was created Duke of Berwick;…

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  1. 1671–1680London · Greater LondonBorn in 1670, he soon returned to England with his parents and grew up at the court of Charles II; though illegitimate he was acknowledged and given a noble education, spending his childhood in the 1670s around Buckingham House and St James's Palace, laying the groundwork of horsemanship and classical learning for his later military career.

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