Duke of Fife

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duchy hereditary title noble title

The Duke of Fife is a Scottish noble title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom historically associated with the Carnegie and later the British royal family.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	duchy → hereditary title → noble title →
associatedClan	Clan Carnegie →
associatedDynasty	House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → House of Windsor →
associatedWithPlace	County of Fife →
associatedWithRegion	Scotland →
country	United Kingdom →
createdBy	Queen Victoria →
createdFor	Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife →
dateOfCreation	1889-07-29 →
firstHolder	Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife →
genderedForm	Duchess of Fife →
grantedBy	Crown of the United Kingdom →
hasAssociation	British aristocracy → Scottish peerage history →
hasHigherTitle	Duke of Cornwall → Duke of York →
hasJurisdictionType	ceremonial →
hasLowerTitle	Baron → Earl → Marquess → Viscount →
hasSuccessionType	hereditary succession →
hasTitleRank	duke →
hereditaryIn	Carnegie family → descendants of Alexander Duff →
isFeudal	no →
languageOfTitle	English →
linkedTo	British royal family → King Edward VII → Princess Louise, Princess Royal →
locatedInArea	Scotland →
monarchAtCreation	Queen Victoria →
nobilityType	Scottish nobility →
nobleFamily	British royal family → Carnegie family →
notableHolder	Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife → James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife → Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife →
partOf	Peerage of the United Kingdom →
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom →
styleOfAddress	His Grace →
subsidiaryTitle	Earl of Fife →
titleStatus	extant →
typeOfPeerage	United Kingdom peerage →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife ("1st Duke of Fife") → David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife → James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife →	nobleTitle
Earl of Southesk ("James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife") → Earl of Southesk ("David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife") →	hasTitleHolder
Duchess of Fife → Earl of Southesk →	linkedTitle
James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife ("Dukedom of Fife (second creation)") →	associatedTitleCreation
Duchess of Fife →	associatedWith
Earl of Southesk ("James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife") →	notableHolder
Louise, Princess Royal ("1st Duke of Fife") →	spouseTitle