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James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick

1670 - 1734

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James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who was the illegitimate son of James II of England by Arabella Churchill, the sister of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick has received more than 507,324 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 28 in 2019). James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick is the 4,796th most popular politician (down from 4,320th in 2019), the 1,467th most popular biography from France (down from 1,363rd in 2019) and the 357th most popular French Politician.

James fitzjames, 1st duke of berwick is most famous for being a general of the french army during the reign of king louis xiv.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick ranks 4,796 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdullah Khan II, Ernst Johann von Biron, Liamine Zéroual, Félix Tshisekedi, Janez Janša, and Prince Henry of Battenberg. After him are Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Katalin Novák, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Otto V, Duke of Bavaria, and Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1670, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick ranks 8. Before him are Bernard Mandeville, Antonio Caldara, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, John Toland, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, and Giovanni Bononcini. After him are Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Zheng Keshuang, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos. Among people deceased in 1734, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick ranks 5. Before him are Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Georg Ernst Stahl, Giovanni Ceva, and Richard Cantillon. After him are Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Sebastiano Ricci, Rob Roy MacGregor, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Johann Conrad Dippel, Domenico Trezzini, and Danylo Apostol.

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In France

Among people born in France, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick ranks 1,467 out of 6,770. Before him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Paul Poiret (1879), Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), and Jean Clouet (1480). After him are Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Barbara (1930), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), and Maurice Bucaille (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick ranks 357. Before him are Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725), Bernard de Tremelay (1100), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819). After him are Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), and Yolande of Valois (1434).

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