Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife

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Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Fife
Earl Fife
Scottish nobleman
peer of the United Kingdom
associatedWithMonarch Edward VII
Queen Victoria
birthCountry Scotland
birthDate 1849-11-10
birthPlace Edinburgh
burialPlace Duff House Mausoleum
child Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdDukeOfFifeBy Queen Victoria
dateCreatedDukeOfFife 1889-07-29
dateCreatedMarquessOfMacduff 1889-07-29
dateCreatedSecondDukedomOfFife 1900-04-24
deathCountry Egypt
deathDate 1912-01-29
deathPlace Aswan
familyName Duff
father James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
fatherInLaw Edward VII
fullName Alexander William George Duff
givenName Alexander
honour Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
The Royal Victorian Order
surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Order of the Thistle
surface form: Knight of the Thistle
house Clan MacDuff
surface form: Clan Duff
marriageDate 1889-07-27
marriagePlace Buckingham Palace
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryRank Lieutenant-Colonel
militaryUnit 1st Banffshire Artillery Volunteers
mother Lady Agnes Hay
motherInLaw Alexandra of Denmark
nobleTitle Duke of Fife
surface form: 1st Duke of Fife

1st Marquess of Macduff
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife self-linksurface differs
surface form: 6th Earl Fife
notableFor being the first Duke of Fife
marriage to Princess Louise, daughter of Edward VII
parliamentaryRole Scottish representative peer
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire
Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire
reasonForDukedom marriage to Princess Louise of Wales
religion Church of Scotland
spouse Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife
surface form: Princess Louise of Wales

Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife

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Duke of Fife createdFor Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
Duke of Fife firstHolder Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Duke of Fife notableHolder Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife isDescendantOf Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Louise, Princess Royal spouse Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife nobleTitle Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 6th Earl Fife
James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife maternalGrandfather Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Lady Agnes Hay motherOf Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk father Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Earl of Macduff (in the peerage of the United Kingdom) notableHolder Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
subject surface form: Earl of Macduff
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Earl of Macduff (in the peerage of the United Kingdom) createdFor Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
subject surface form: Earl of Macduff
Earl of Macduff (in the peerage of the United Kingdom) createdFor Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
subject surface form: Earl of Macduff
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Princess Louise of Wales spouse Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife father Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife precededBy Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
3rd Duke of Fife maternalGrandfather Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
subject surface form: James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
3rd Duke of Fife titleInheritedFrom Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
subject surface form: James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (through maternal line)