(26 May 1648 – 26 March 1688) his death 11 children 7 sons and 4 daughters.
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eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, of whom only six survived infancy. Of their sons, Mountjoy died in infancy, while Winston died at the Battle of Solebay in 1672, aged 20.[5][citation needed] Jasper attended Queen's College, Oxford,[6] and was commissioned in the Duke of York's Regiment in 1678,[7] but he appears to have died soon thereafter. Theobald also attended Queen's College, took holy orders, became chaplain in his brother's regiment (Churchill's Dragoons) in 1683, but he died in 1685 at age 22.[8]
Four of their children gained distinction :
John Churchill (1650–1722) became a famous military commander and was created Duke of Marlborough;
George Churchill (1654–1710) became an admiral in the Royal Navy and never married;
Charles Churchill (1656–1714) became a general in the British Army under his eldest brother and married Mary Gould (later married to the 2nd Earl of Abingdon);
Arabella Churchill (1648–1730) became a mistress of King James II and mother of four of his children.