What is John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough?
{{Infobox Military Person |name= John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough |birth_date=26 May 1650 |birth_place=Ashe House, [[Devon]] |death_date=16 June 1722 (aged 72) |death_place=Windsor Lodge |image=John Churchill Marlborough porträtterad av Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722).jpg |alt=John Churchill |signature=John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Signature.svg |branch = British army |caption= The Duke of Marlborough. Oil by Adriaen van der Werff. |allegiance= {{Flagicon|England}} (1667–1707)<br />{{flagicon|United Kingdom|1606}} (1707–1722) |battles= |awards=[[Order of the Garter]] }} '''John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough''' <small>[[Order of the Garter|KG]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]]</small> (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722) was an important [[English people|English]] soldier and statesman who lived in the rules of five [[monarchy|monarchs]] in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Rising from a lowly [[Page (servant)|page]] at the court of the [[House of Stuart]], he faithfully served [[James II of England|James, Duke of York]] in the 1670s and the early 1680s. That gave him military and political [[wikt:advance|advancement]] through his brave and clever skill. Churchill helped secure the Duke of York, now King James II, on the throne. However, just three years later he left the [[Catholic]] king for a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Netherlands|Dutchman]], [[William III of England|William of Orange]]. For Churchill's help during in the [[Glorious Revolution]], William at his [[coronation]] made him Earl of [[Marlborough]] (pronounced /'mɔ:l b<sup>''ə''</sup>ɹə/). Marlborough served during the early years of the [[Nine Years' War]] and became famous. However, charges of [[Jacobitism]] made him fall from office. For some time, he was [[wikt:imprison|imprisoned]] in the [[Tower of London|Tower]]. When Queen [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] came to throne in 1702, however, Marlborough secured his fame and lots of money. His marriage to the irritable [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough