Henry FitzJames

For the Member of Parliament during the Protectorate, see Henry Fitzjames.

Henry FitzJames (1st Duke of Albemarle in the Jacobite peerage) (6 August 1673 – 16 December 1702), was the illegitimate son of King James II of England and VII of Scotland by Arabella Churchill, sister of the Duke of Marlborough.

Personal

FitzJames was born in St. James's Square, Westminster, then in the county of Middlesex, England. He was the brother of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, the French Marshal. On 20 July 1700 he married Marie Gabrielle d'Audibert de Lussan, daughter and heiress of Jean d'Audibert, Comte de Lussan. They had a posthumous daughter, Lady Christine Marie Jacqueline Henriette FitzJames, born 29 May 1703 at Bagnols sur Cèze, Languedoc, France, who became a nun. His widow, Marie Gabrielle d'Audibert de Lussan, Duchess of Albemarle, remarried in May 1707, at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, John Drummond, Marquess of Forth, later 2nd Duke of Melfort (1682–1754)).

Unrecognized Title

FitzJames was created Duke of Albemarle, together with the subsidiary titles of Earl of Rochford and Baron Romney, by his father on 13 January 1696, but the title is only recognized by Jacobites. He was also appointed the Grand Prior of the revived Priory of the English Commandery of the Sovereign Military Order of St.John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, known as the Knights of Malta.

Ancestry

Family of Henry FitzJames

16. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley               8. James I of England                       17. Mary, Queen of Scots               4. Charles I of England                             18. Frederick II of Denmark               9. Anne of Denmark                       19. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               2. James II of England                                   20. Antoine of Navarre               10. Henry IV of France                       21. Jeanne III of Navarre               5. Henrietta Maria of France                             22. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany               11. Marie de' Medici                       23. Johanna of Austria               1. Henry FitzJames, 1st Duke of Albemarle                                         24. Jasper Churchill               12. John Churchill                       25. Elizabeth Chaplet               6. Winston Churchill                             26. Henry Winston               13. Sarah Winston                       3. Arabella Churchill                                   28. John Drake               14. John Drake                       29. Dorothy Button               7. Elizabeth Drake                             30. John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield               15. Eleanor Boteler                       31. Elizabeth Villiers

References

• Ruvigny and Raineval, Henry Melville de Massue de Ruvigny, Marquis of, "the Jacobite Peerage", Edinburgh, 1904

Peerage of England
Preceded by None - recreated to replace original Duke of Albemarle	Duke of Albemarle - 3rd creation and title only recognized by Jacobites 1696–1702	Extinct