Biography of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife 1849-1912

On 16th March 1846 [his father] James Duff 5th Earl Fife [aged 31] and [his mother] Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Fife. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Hay 18th Earl Erroll [aged 45] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll [aged 45].

On 10th November 1849 Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife was born to [his father] James Duff 5th Earl Fife [aged 35] and [his mother] Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife [aged 20]. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

On 9th March 1857 James Duff 4th Earl Fife [aged 80] died. His nephew [his father] James [aged 42] succeeded 5th Earl Fife.

On 17th October 1865 [his brother-in-law] John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 34] and [his sister] Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff Marchioness Townshend [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Townshend. She the daughter of [his father] James Duff 5th Earl Fife [aged 51] and [his mother] Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife [aged 36]. He the son of John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend and Elizabeth Jane Stuart [aged 62].

On 18th December 1869 [his mother] Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife [aged 40] died.

On 7th August 1879 [his father] James Duff 5th Earl Fife [aged 65] died. His son Alexander [aged 29] succeeded 6th Earl Fife.

In 1889 Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 39] was created 1st Duke Fife. [his future wife] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Fife.

On 27th July 1889 Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 39] and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 47] and Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 44]. He the son of James Duff 5th Earl Fife and Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife. They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

In 1890 [his son] Alastair Duff was born to Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 40] and [his wife] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 22]. He a grandson of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

On 17th May 1891 [his daughter] Princess Alexandra Duff Duchess Fife was born to Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 41] and [his wife] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 24]. She a granddaughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. She married 15th October 1913 her first cousin once removed Prince Arthur of Connaught, son of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught, and had issue.

On 3rd April 1893 [his daughter] Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk was born to Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 43] and [his wife] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 26]. She a granddaughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. She married 12th November 1923 Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk, son of Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk, and had issue.

On 6th July 1893 [his brother-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 28] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 26] were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Duchess York. He the son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 51] and Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 48]. They were second cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

The photograph by from left to right:

Alexandra Windsor Princess [aged 14]

Princess Alice of Battenburg [aged 8]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [aged 5]

Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera [aged 9]

King George V of the United Kingdom

Margaret "Daisy" Windsor [aged 11]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England

[his sister-in-law] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 23]

Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor [aged 7]

Princess Victoria Windsor [aged 25]

Helena Victoria Oldenburg [aged 23]

Victoria Melita Windsor [aged 16]

In 1896 Haakon VII King Norway [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 54] and [his mother-in-law] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 51]. He the son of Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 52] and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 44]. They were first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1905 the union of Sweden and Norway was dissoved. Haakon VII King Norway [aged 32] succeeded VII King Norway. [his sister-in-law] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 35] by marriage Queen Consort Norway.

The Times. 2nd February 1905.

Her Royal Highness. [his wife] Princess Louise (Duchess of Fife) [aged 37] and the Duke of Fife [aged 55], were invited to luncheon vith Their Majesties The [his father-in-law] King [aged 63] and [his mother-in-law] Queen [aged 60] to-day.

His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Denmark [aged 32] left the Palace to-day to rejoin tho Danish Cruiser "Heindal," at Southampton, on his return to Denmark.

Mr. Victor Cavendish, M.P, Financial Scretary to the Treasury, Mr. F. P. Horner, Cormnissionor of Woods and Forests, and Lieut. Colonel R. F. Maunsell, R.A., Military Attache at Constantinople, had the honour-of being received by The King.

On 6th May 1910 [his father-in-law] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 68] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 44] succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 42] by marriage Queen Consort England.

On 19th June 1911 Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 61] was appointed 838th Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

On 29th January 1912 Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 62] died. His daughter Princess [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Duchess Fife.

On 4th January 1931 [his former wife] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 63] died.