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• Zij is geboren op 17 mei 1891 in East Sheen Lodge, Richmond, Surrey.
• Titel: 2nd Duchess of Fife
• (Ancestry) : House of Windsor, House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
• Zij is overleden op 26 februari 1959 in Primrose Hill, Middlesex, zij was toen 67 jaar oud.
• Zij is begraven op 3 maart 1959 in St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar, Scotland.
• Een kind van Alexander William George DUFF en Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar WINDSOR

Gezin van Alexandra Victoria Alberta DUFF

Zij is getrouwd met Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of CONNAUGHT.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 15 oktober 1913 te Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, St James, Westminster, Middlesex, zij was toen 22 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Alastair Arthur WINDSOR  1914-1943

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Notities over Alexandra Victoria Alberta DUFF

Princess Arthur of Connaught, 2nd Duchess of Fife, GCStJ (Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise; née Duff; Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife before marriage; 17 May 1891 - 26 February 1959) was a granddaughter of King Edward VII and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Alexandra's father was Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. Having succeeded his father as the 6th Earl of Fife, he was elevated to Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom two days after his marriage in 1889 to Princess Louise of Wales, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. Princess Louise accordingly became the Duchess of Fife.

Alexandra was born at East Sheen Lodge, Richmond on 17 May 1891. After ten years of marriage and the birth in 1893 of Alexandra's younger sister Maud, no more children would be born to Alexandra's parents and the dukedom and marquessate of Fife were headed toward extinction since only a male heir could inherit those titles. On 24 April 1900 Queen Victoria granted Alexander Duff a second dukedom of Fife, along with the earldom of Macduff, stipulating by special remainder that these two titles would jointly devolve, in default of sons born to him and the Queen's granddaughter, upon their daughters in order of seniority of birth, and upon their respective agnatic male descendants in the same order.

As a female-line granddaughter of the British monarch, Alexandra was not entitled to the title of "Princess", nor to the style of Her Royal Highness. Instead she was styled Lady Alexandra Duff, as the daughter of a duke, even though she was born fifth in the line of succession to the British throne.

Alexandra and her sister were unique among British princesses in that they were descended from both William IV (through his mistress, Dorothea Jordan), and William IV's niece, Queen Victoria, who succeeded him because he had no legitimate issue.

On 5 November 1905, King Edward VII declared his eldest daughter Princess Royal. He further ordered Garter King of Arms to gazette Lady Alexandra Duff and her sister Lady Maud Duff with the style and attribute of Highness and the style of Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names, with precedence immediately after all members of the British Royal Family bearing the style of Royal Highness. From that point, Her Highness Princess Alexandra held her title and rank, not from her ducal father, but from the decree issued by will of the sovereign (her grandfather).

Around 1910, Alexandra became secretly engaged to Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, a son of King George I of the Hellenes. The engagement was terminated when their disapproving parents learned of the liaison. As Prince Christopher's father was a younger brother of Princess Alexandra's maternal grandmother, the hopeful couple were first cousins once-removed.

Marriage
On 15 October 1913, Princess Alexandra married her cousin Prince Arthur of Connaught at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London. Prince Arthur of Connaught was the only son of the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria and thus a younger brother of her maternal grandfather, King Edward VII. As such, Arthur and Alexandra were first cousins once removed.

After their marriage, Alexandra was referred to as HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught, in accordance with the tradition that a wife normally shares the title and style of her husband.

With her husband, Alexandra also carried out royal engagements on behalf of her uncle, King George V, and later for her cousin, King George VI. She also served as a Counsellor of State between 1937 and 1944.

During World War I, Princess Arthur of Connaught served as nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington. When Prince Arthur was appointed governor general of the Union of South Africa in 1920, she accompanied him to Pretoria and worked on behalf of local hospitals. Upon the couple's return to Britain, she continued to carry out royal duties. She died at her home near Primrose Hill, London, in 1959 and was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alexandra,_2nd_Duchess_of_Fife

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