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Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise Duff; 17 May 1891 – 26 February 1959), born Lady Alexandra Duff and known as Princess Arthur of Connaught after her marriage, was the eldest surviving grandchild of Edward VII and also the first cousin of George VI.
Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that has been created twice, in both cases for Alexander Duff, 1st Earl of Fife. In 1889, Lord Fife married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria .
Political and diplomatic career. In 1872, while known as Viscount Macduff, Fife became Lord-Lieutenant of Elginshire in Scotland and continued in the position for thirty years. From 1874 to 1879, he also served as Member of Parliament for Elginshire and Nairnshire, standing as a Liberal.
On 27 July 1889, Alexander Duff, Earl Fife married the eldest daughter of the then Prince and Princess of Wales – the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. She was then known as Princess Louise of Wales and would be created Princess Royal after her father’s accession and the death of Victoria, Princess Royal.
Photograph of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912), seated and facing three-quarters left. He holds a cane in his right hand. On his left is also seated Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931), facing the viewer and holding the hilt of a parasol in her left hand.
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, was the only son of James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife, and Lady Agnes Georgiana Hay, whose mother was a natural daughter of William IV. He married, in 1889, Princess Louise of Wales, eldest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, married Alexander Duff, 1 st Earl of Fife, on 27 July 1889. He was eighteen years her senior but her third cousin in descent from George III.
