Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife 1849-1912

Paternal Family Tree: Duff

Maternal Family Tree: Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" 1761-1816

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 James Duff 5th Earl Fife [aged 35] and 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.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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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.

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.

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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 22nd June 1911 [his brother-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 46] was crowned V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 44] was crowned Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.

Dorothy Margaret Browne [aged 23] bore Queen Mary's train.

Edward Knollys 2nd Viscount Knollys [aged 16] carried the King's train

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.

Royal Ancestors of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife 1849-1912

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Charles V of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of John II King Aragon

Ancestors of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife 1849-1912

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Duff 1st Earl Fife

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Duff 3rd Earl Fife

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ludovick Grant of Freuchie and Grant

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Grant 6th Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jean Grant Countess Fife

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Colquhoun 5th Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Colquhoun

Grandfather: Alexander Duff

Father: James Duff 5th Earl Fife

Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife Great Grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boyd 3rd Earl Kilmarnock

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Boyd 4th Earl Kilmarnock

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hay 15th Earl Erroll 7 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Livingston 5th Earl Linlithgow 4th Earl Callendar 5 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Livingston Countess Kilmarnock 6 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hay Countess Linlithgow 5 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hay 17th Earl Erroll 8 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Carr

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Carr Countess Erroll

Grandfather: William Hay 18th Earl Erroll 9 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Samuel Eliot

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alicia Eliot Countess Erroll

Mother: Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife Granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 2 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: King William IV of the United Kingdom son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan"