Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife

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Duke of Fife Earl Fife Scottish nobleman peer of the United Kingdom

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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Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife 5
6th Earl Fife 1

Statements (48)

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 of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife → isDescendantOf → Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife → maternalGrandfather → 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
Duke of Fife → notableHolder → 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