Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duke of Liria and Jérica
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart | |
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| Duke of Liria and Jérica Duke of Berwick | |
| Born | 25 February 1773 Paris, France |
| Died | 3 April 1794 (aged 21) Madrid, Spain |
| Noble family | FitzJames |
| Spouse | María Teresa Fernández de Silva y de Palafox |
| Issue | Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 6th Duke of Liria and Jérica Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba |
| Father | Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jérica |
| Mother | Caroline zu Stolberg-Gedern |
Don Jacobo Felipe Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Stolberg-Gedern, 5th Duke of Liria and Jérica, GE, (Paris, 25 February 1773 – Madrid, 3 April 1794) was a Spanish nobleman.
When his father died in 1787, he inherited all his titles and wealth, except those of the Colón family —the Dukedom of Veragua, the Dukedom of la Vega, the Marquessate of Jamaica, the Admiralty of the Ocean Sea and the Adelantado of the Indies—, that were claimed by a distant cousin. After a legal battle, he lost by court order those titles in favour of Mariano Colón de Larreátegui, who became the legal holder.[1]
On 24 January 1790 he married María Teresa Fernández de Silva y Palafox, (10 March 1772 – Florence, Italy, 29 April 1818, aged 46), daughter of Pedro Fernández de Silva, 10th Duke of Híjar, and Rafaela de Palafox and sister of José Rafael de Silva Fernández de Híjar. The couple had two children, i.e. the eldest son was Jacobo José Fitz-James Stuart y Silva born on 3 January 1792 and died as a child on 5 January 1795. The younger son was Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, who was born on 19 May 1794 (so that he was posthumous because his father died on 3 April 1794) and died on 7 October 1835.
Their two sons became successively the 6th Duke and 7th Duke of Liria and Jérica.
References
- ^ Royal Academy of History. "Historia Hispánica - Mariano Colón de Larreátegui y Ximénez de Embún". historia-hispanica.rah.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.