Jacobite Descendants

The Jacobite Connection

The relationship between Arabella Churchill, whose mother was the daughter of John Drake of Ashe, and King James II brought the the titles of Earl Waldgrave, Baron Radstock, and Duke of Berwick, among others, to Drake descendants, as well as carrying the family bloodline into many noble Spanish families.

An abbreviated lineage is as follows:

1. Sir Bernard Drake of Ashe, d. 1585, m. Gertrude Fortesque (dau of Bartholomew Fortesque of Filleigh)
Issue:

+ 2. i. John Drake

2. John Drake of Ashe, d. 1628, m. Dorothy Button, daughter of William Button of Alton.
Issue:

+ 3. i. Sir John Drake

3. Sir John Drake of Ashe (d. 25 August 1636) m. Eleanor / Helena Boteler (daughter of Sir John Boteler, Bart, 1st Lord of Bramfield).
Issue of 12 children includes:

i. Sir John Drake, 1st Bart of Ashe (b. c.1619; bur. 7 July 1669), m (1) Jane Yonge (d. 1652), daughter of Sir John Yonge, 1st Bart of Culleton.

+ 4. ii. Elizabeth Drake, married Sir Winston Churchill.

4. Elizabeth Drake married Sir Winston Churchill, son of John Churchill and Sarah Winston, in May 1643.
Issue:

                    i.      Henry Churchill
                    ii.     Jasper Churchill
                    iii.    Mountjoy Churchill
    +     5.      iv.    Arabella Churchill, b. 23 Feb 1647, d. 4 May 1730
                    v.    Sir John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough,
                           b. 24 Jun 1650, d. 16 June 1722
                    vi.    Admiral George Churchill b. 28 Feb 1653, d. 8 May 1710
                    vii.   Lt.-Gen. Charles Churchill b. 2 Feb 1656, d. 29 Dec 1714
                    viii.  Theobald Churchill b. 1662, d. 1685
                    ix.    Winston Churchill b. b 1688

5. Arabella Churchill, b. 23 February 1647, d. 4 May 1730. She held the office of Maid of Honour to the Duchess of York in 1663. She died on 4 May 1730 at age 83 and was buried on 10 May 1730 in Westminster Abbey.
She was the (1) mistress of King James II circa 1665.
She married (2) Colonel Charles Godfrey after 1674.

Children of Arabella Churchill and James II Stuart, King of Great Britain:

   +       6.     i.     Henrietta FitzJames, b. 1667, d. 3 Apr 1730
   +       7.     ii.     James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-Upon-Tweed,
                            b. 21 Aug 1670, d. 12 June 1734
   +      8.     iii.     Henry FitzJames, Duke of Albemarle,
                            b. 6 Aug 1673, d. 16 Dec 1702
                    iv.    Arabella FitzJames b. c 1674, d. 7 Nov 1704.
                            She was also known as Ignatia, a Benedictine nun at Pontoise.

Children of Arabella Churchill and Colonel Charles Godfrey:

v. Charlotte Godfrey b. b 1685, d. 22 Mar 1754
vi. Francis Godfrey

6. Henrietta FitzJames, b. 1667 St. James Square, Westminster, d. 3 Apr 1730.
She was buried on 7 Apr 1730 in Church, Navestock, Essex, England.

She married Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave of Chewton on 29 November 1683.
She married Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount of Galmoye on 3 April 1695. She died on 3 April 1730. She was buried on 7 April 1730 at Navestock, Essex, England.

Children of Henrietta FitzJames and Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave of Chewton:

                    i.     Arabella Waldegrave
                    ii.     James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave, b. 1684, d. 11 Apr 1741.
                            He married Mary Webbe, daughter of Sir John Webbe, 3rd Bt., in 1714. His male line descendants have continued and include the present title holder, James Sherbrooke Waldegrave, The 13th Earl Waldgrave.

A cadet branch of this family included the Waldegrave barony of Radstock of Castledown, extinct in 1953 at the death of the 5th and last baron.

7. James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Duque de Liria y Xérica, Grandee of Spain, etc,was born on 21 Aug 1670 in Moulins, Allier, France.

He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1687/88. In 1690 he was attainted, and subsequently forfeited his English titles. He fought in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, on his father’s side. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1693 in the service of the French Army and was naturalized as a French citizen on 17 December 1703. He held the office of Marshal of France in 1706 and fought in the Battle of Almanza on 25 April 1707.

He was invested as a Knight of the Golden Fleece after April 1707 and was invested as a Knight of Holy Ghost in 1724. He was created 1st Duque de Liria y Xerica [Spain] on 16 October 1707 and 1st Duc de FitzJames [France] on 23 March 1710.

He married, firstly, Lady Honora Bourke, daughter of William Bourke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and Ellen McCarty, on 26 March 1695 at St. Germain-en-Laye, France. He married, secondly, Anne Bulkeley, daughter of Hon. Henry Bulkeley and Sophia Stuart, on 18 April 1700 at Paris, France.

He fought in the Siege of Philippsburg and was killed in action on 12 June 1734.

Issue with Lady Honora Bourke :

+ 9. i. James Francis Stuart-FitzJames-Stuart, 2nd Duque de Liria y Xerica, b. 21 Oct 1696, d. 2 Jun 1738

Issue with Anne Bulkeley:

                        ii.     Henry James FitzJames, Duc de Fitzjames, b. 15 Nov 1702, d. 13 Oct 1721. He married Victoir Felicite de Durfort on 10 February 1720. He died on 13 October 1721 at age 18.
                        iii.     Henriette FitzJames+ b. 16 Sep 1705, d. 3 Jul 1739
                        iv.     Francois FitzJames, Bishop of Soissons, b. 9 Jun 1709, d. 19 Jul 1764
                        v.     Henry FitzJames, Gov. of Limousin; b. 8 Sep 1711, d. 1731
      +    10.       vi.     Charles de Fitzjames, Duc de FitzJames, b. 4 Nov 1712.
                        vii.     Laure Anne FitzJames+ b. 1713, d. 6 Dec 1766
                        viii.     Marie Emilie de Fitzjames+ b. 9 Oct 1715, d. 3 Jan 1770
                        ix.     Edouard FitzJames b. 17 Oct 1716, d. 5 May 1758
                        x.     Anne Sophie de Fitzjames b. 1717/18, d. 25 Apr 1763
                        xi.     Anne de Fitzjames b. 1720, d. 23 May 1721

8. Henry FITZJAMES, Duke of Albemarle was born on 6 Aug 1673 in St. James Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England. He d.s.p.m. on 16 Dec 1702. Bagnols, Languedoc, France. He m. Marie Gabrielle d’Audibert, daughter of Jean d’Audibert, Comte de Lussan and Marie Françoise Raimond, on 20 July 1700.

He fought in the Battle of Boyne in 1690. In 1695 he was attainted. He was created 1st Baron of Romney 1st Earl of Rochford, and 1st Duke of Albemarle by his father King James II on 13 January 1696.

Issue:

i. Cristine Marie Jacqueline Henriette FitzJames, b. posthumously on 29 May 1703 at Bagnols, Languedoc, France. She became a nun.

9. James Francis Stuart-FitzJames-Stuart, Duke of Berwick, 2nd Duque de Liria y Xerica, b. 21 Oct 1696, d. 2 Jun 1738. Married 31 Dec 1716 Catalina Ventura Colón de Portugal, Duquesa de Veraguas y de la Vega.

Current descendant:

Don Jacobo Hernando Fitz-James Stuart y Gómez, 12th Duke of Berwick, 12th Earl of Tinmouth, 12th Baron of Bosworth,
born November 5, 1947.

10. Charles de Fitzjames, Duc de FitzJames, b. 4 Nov 1712, d. 22 Mar 1787. He married Victoire Louise Josephe Gouyon on 1 February 1741.

Issue:

                i. Anne Marie Felicite Josephe de Fitzjames b. Dec 1741, d. 21 Feb 1742
                ii. Jacques Charles de Fitzjames, Duc de FitzJames, b. 26 Nov 1743, d. 11 Aug 1805
                iii. Laure Auguste de Fitzjames b. 7 Dec 1744, d. 26 Sep 1814
                iv. Adelaide de Fitzjames b. 27 Jan 1746, d. 25 Aug 1747
                v. Charles Ferdinand de Fitzjames b. 7 Sep 1747
                vi. Edouard Henri de Fitzjames b. 30 Sep 1750, d. 1 Dec 1823
                vii. Emilie de Fitzjames b. 22 Dec

Descendant:

Jacques Charles Eouard Guillaume, 10th and last Duke of Fitz-James, died 1967, when the Dukedom became extinct.

References

1. G.E. Cokayne. The Complete Peerage.

2. Charles Mosley, editor. Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes

3. Kate Fleming, The Churchills (London, U.K.: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975).

4. Almanach de Gotha, 2001, Vol 2

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