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Biography of Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk 1893-1945

Paternal Family Tree: Duff

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Schaunberg 1370-1396

On 27th July 1889 [her father] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife (age 39) and [her mother] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife (age 22) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 47) and [her grandmother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 44). He the son of [her grandfather] James Duff 5th Earl Fife and [her grandmother] Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife. They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

On 3rd April 1893 Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk was born to Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife (age 43) and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife (age 26). She a granddaughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

1910. Lallie Chalres aka Charlotte Elizabeth Martin (age 41). Photograph of Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 16).

On 29th January 1912 [her father] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife (age 62) died. His daughter [her sister] Princess (age 20) succeeded 2nd Duchess Fife.

On 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 39) and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 24) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet (age 39). Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (age 25), Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort (age 24), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (age 21), Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 28), Rachel Cavendish (age 20), Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 14), Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) and Princess May of Teck (age 16). The wedding was attending by her father and mother [her uncle] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 56) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 75) and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood (age 63).

12th November 1923. James Lafayette. Photograph of [her husband] Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk (age 30) and Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 30) on their wedding day.

Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk: In 1893 he was born to Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk. On 12th November 1923 Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk and Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk were married at Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks. She the daughter of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife. He the son of Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk. On 10th November 1941 Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk died. His son Charles succeeded 11th Earl Southesk, 7th Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine. Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk by marriage Countess Southesk. In 1992 Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk died.

On 12th November 1923 Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk (age 30) and Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 30) were married at Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks. She the daughter of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife (age 56). He the son of Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk (age 69) and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk (age 55).

On 23rd September 1929 [her son] James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie 3rd Duke of Fife was born to [her husband] Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk (age 36) and Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 36). He a great grandson of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

On 4th January 1931 [her mother] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife (age 63) died.

On 10th November 1941 [her father-in-law] Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk (age 87) died. His son [her husband] Charles (age 48) succeeded 11th Earl Southesk, 7th Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine. Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 48) by marriage Countess Southesk.

On 14th December 1945 Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 52) died.

In 1992 [her former husband] Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk (age 99) died.

Royal Ancestors of Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk 1893-1945

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Grand Daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk 1893-1945

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Duff 1st Earl Fife

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Duff 3rd Earl Fife

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Duff

GrandFather: James Duff 5th Earl Fife

Father: Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife Great Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boyd 4th Earl Kilmarnock

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hay 15th Earl Erroll 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Livingston Countess Kilmarnock 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hay 17th Earl Erroll 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carr

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Carr Countess Erroll

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hay 18th Earl Erroll 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Eliot

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alicia Eliot Countess Erroll

GrandMother: Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife Grand Daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King William IV of the United Kingdom Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzclarence Countess Erroll Daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan"

Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk Grand Daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg

Great x 2 Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: King Edward VII of the United Kingdom Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Louise Windsor Duchess Fife Daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: Karl Anton Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Friedrich Karl Ludwig Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frederica Charlotte Dohna Schlodien Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Great x 2 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Friederike Schlieben Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Christian IX of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Oldenburg Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

GrandMother: Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hesse-Kassel Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Prince Frederick Oldenburg 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Charlotte of Denmark 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England