S1, E3: Blenheim Palace was paid for by Parliament in 1705, as a grateful nation thanked John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough. Treasures include a tapestry which records the Battle of Blenheim where Marlborough defeated the Franco-Bavarian forces in the War of the Spanish Succession. Winston Churchill, who was born at Blenheim in 1874, is buried in the park at the tiny church of Bladon.