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	22ND GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She was married to Alexander Duff Duke of FIFE Earl of MacDuff in 1889.
		Alexander Duff Duke of FIFE Earl of MacDuff was born in 1849 in Argyll - of the Clan Fife of Scotland.
		HRH Princess Alexandra Victoria MACDUFF Duchess of Fife.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d5961.htm (98 words)

	Earl of Fife - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title of Earl of Fife was created several times in the Peerages of Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
		5 Earls of Fife, Peerage of Ireland (1759)
		Alexander William George Duff, 6th Earl of Fife (1849-1912), created Earl of Fife in the Peerage of the UK, 1885; created Duke of Fife 1889 and again 1900.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Fife (133 words)

	All about the Fyfe
		Macduff fled to the court of Siward, Earl of Northumbria, where he represented to Macbeth’s cousins, (sons of the late Duncan, King of Scots), that the time was ripe for them to secure possession of their father’s throne.
		During the Duke’s lifetime the title of Earl of Fife was borne by his son Murdoch, and upon the execution and forfeiture of this Murdoch, Duke of Albany, by his cousin James I. in 1425, the earldom at last became extinct.
		This Earl’s wife was a daughter of the seventeenth Earl of Errol and Lady Elizabeth Fitz Clarence, daughter of King William IV.
	www.angelfire.com /dragon/mister_epoc/fyfe/fyfe.htm (3248 words)

	Clan MacDuff
		Constantin, styled third earl, and supposed to have been the first who adopted the title, is mentioned in the supposititious charter of Etheldred (we have been using the spelling Aethelred or Aedh) cited earlier, and is witness to a charter of the monastery of Dunfermline.
		Earl Constantin, who was great judge of Scotland, collected the strength of the county, and the bishop of St. Andrews sent his retainers to support the civil power.
		The death of Macduff is unknown, but he is recorded upon occasion to have commanded the king’s army against the rebels in Mar. The son of Macduff, Dufagan or Macduff, is styled as second earl of Fife.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/carlow/97/macduff.html (3329 words)

	Scottish Community : Genealogy : History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tradition states that Macduff was the patronymic of the Celtic Earls of Fife, and that the first Earl was Macduff who opposed MacBeth and assisted Malcolm to the throne of Scotland in those days.
		When Robert the Bruce was crowned in 1306, Duncan, Earl of Fife was opposed to Bruce and his sister Isabel, Countess of Buchan, and wife of Comyn, Bruce's enemy, exercised her family's privilege and suffered seven years imprisonment in Berwick for her courage.
		Alexander W.G. Duff, Duke of Fife and Earl of MacDuff, born in 1849, was a successful financier and a founder of the Chartered Company of South Africa.
	www.scotscommunity.com /GENEALOGY/Clans/MacDuff.htm (309 words)

	ANALYSIS of CHIEF/REPRESENTER of CLAN MACDUFF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MALCOLM, nephew of Seventh Earl of Fife, Malcolm.
		Isabel MacDuff, married four times, died without issue and conveyed the title of the earldom and property to her brother-in-law, Robert, Earl of Menteith, afterwards Duke of Albany, by her second husband, the third son of King Robert II (Stewart).
		Wemyss of Wemyss, the dirrect line of the ancient house of MacDuff, the Countess of Wemyss, was held by Lord Lyon to be chief of the RACE of MacDuff.
	www.tartans.com /official/MacDuff/usa/chief.htm (1563 words)

	Prince Alastair of Connaught - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Afterwards he held the courtesy title of Earl of MacDuff and later inherited his grandfather's titles of Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.
		Although second in line to the dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn as well as earldom of Sussex at the time of his birth, heir of his father who was the heir apparent, he was the heir apparent to his mother's dukedom of Fife.
		His first cousin, James Carnegie (September 23, 1929-), succeeded as 3rd Duke of Fife and Earl of MacDuff, upon Princess Alexandra's death on February 26, 1959.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alastair_Arthur_Windsor,_2nd_Duke_of_Connaught (533 words)

	Clan MacDuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is said that it was MacDuff, 1st Earl of Fife and namefather of the Clan, who vanquished MacBeth and restored Malcolm Canmore to the throne of Scotland.
		By tradition it was the privilege of the Chief of Clan MacDuff to crown the King of Scots.
		The MacDuffs were the premier clan in mediaeval Scotland and their Chief, the Earl of Fife, accordingly bore a red lion on his Coat of Arms.
	www.clanshop.co.uk /clanfocus/macduff.htm (126 words)

	History of the MacDuff/Duff Clan
		One of his descendants, Gillemichael MacDuff, the 3rd Earl of Fife, had a grandson Michael who was the source of the Wemyss family of MacDuff, while another descendant may have been the ancestor of the Duffs of Banffshire.
		The royal ancestry is acknowledged by the use of the lion rampant in the MacDuff crest.
		Duncan MacDuff, who died in 1154 was made a hereditary earl by King David I and the Macduffs were given the honour of crowning the king.
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclanmacduff.htm (435 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Shaw MacDuff, second son of the Earl of Fife, was sent to investigate the trouble, and finding the rebels well equipped and strongly entrenched in a great camp at Elgin beyond the Spey River, the officer stationed himself at Braemar, where he subdued the inhabitants and awaited the arrival of the Kings army.
		Duncan, the next Earl, marched with the Scots against the English and was taken prisoner at Dupplin, however, and his son and successor was slain fighting gallantly against the English at Durham in 1346.
		A later Chief, William MacDuff, of Banff, was raised to the peerage of Ireland, as Baron Braco of Kilbride, and being descended from the ancient Thanes of Fife was also created Earl of Fife, and Viscount MacDuff, in 1759.
	www.tartans.com /official/MacDuff/usa/history.htm (2276 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		By the efforts of the second Earl in 1783 Macduff became a Burgh of Barony and as an indication of this new status the Macduff Cross was erected in the same year.
		The second Earl was also instrumental in providing the funds necessary for the building of the harbour and for its maintenance and improvement over many years.
		The better harbour facilities at Macduff coupled with the problems of silting up of Banff harbour was the reason why the Banff fishing boats moved across the bay.
	www.banff-macduff.com /historymacduff.html (261 words)

	Macduff, Earl of Fife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Macduff, mak-duff, Earl of Fife, a Scottish hero of the eleventh century.
		He was the principal agent in overthrowing Macbeth, the usurper; and in restoring Malcolm Canmore, son of Duncan, to the throne of Scotland.
		The Cross Macduff, as it was called, stood for five hundred years, and the pedestal still remains.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol3/macduff-earl-of-fife.htm (159 words)

	Alexander, Duke of Fife (1849-1912)
		6th Earl Fife of Braco and Dipple, Viscount Macduff, and Baron Braco of Kilbryde, in the County of Cavan, and Peerage of Ireland; 2nd Baron Skene, of Skene in the County of Aberdeen, and Peerage of the United Kingdom (The Rt Hon Alexander William George (Duff), Earl of Fife)
		Earl of Fife, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		Duke of Fife, and Earl of Macduff, in the County of Fife and the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with special remainder to his daughters.
	www.regiments.org /biography/royals/1849fife.htm (352 words)

	Clan MacDuff
		lthough the MacDuffs Earls of Fife have always played a prominent part in Scottish affairs, the MacDuff family is not conspicious in the more recent periods of clan history.
		The Earls of Fife built Duff House, Banff and founded the town of Dufftown in 1817 having a barony from MacDuff on the Moray Firth.
		Alexander born in 1849 was Duke of Fife and Earl of Macduff and became Lord Lietenant of the county of London.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /clans/macduff.html (225 words)

	Yet Another Version
		He is said to have been one of the chief leaders under Randolph, Earl of Moray, at the battle of Bannockburn, and as a reward to have received the lands of Benchar in Badenoch.
		The royal army under the Earls of Mar and Caithness was defeated at Inverlochy by Donald Balloch, a cousin of Alexander of the Isles, who forthwith proceeded to devastate the lands of Clan Chattan and Clan Cameron for their desertion of him.
		Choosing a time when the Earl was absent, he betook himself to the Castle of Strathbogie, and, asking for Lady Huntly, begged her to procure him forgiveness.
	members.tripod.com /a2fister2000/id71.htm (8731 words)

	Scotland - Clans and Tartans of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands
		Tradition says that MacDuff was the patronymic of the Celtic Earls of Fife, and that the first Earl was MacDuff who opposed MacBeth and assisted Malcolm to the throne of Scotland.
		When Robert the Bruce was crowned in 1306, Duncan, Earl of Fife, who had married a niece of Edward I., was opposed to Bruce, and his sister Isabel, Countess of Buchan, and wife of Comyn, Bruce’s enemy, exercised her family;s privilege and suffered seven years imprisonment in Berwick for her courage.
		Alexander, W. Duff, Duke of Fife and Earl of MacDuff, born in 1849, was a successful financier, and a founder of the Chartered Company of South Africa.
	www.scottishweb.net /culture/clans/scottish_clan_macduff.htm (233 words)

	_cash_european_history.htm
		Earl of Fife with the accession of Malcolm III 1057 was born about 1016.
		By this act exercising the prerogative of the Fife Earls that had been granted the first Earl of Malcolm I. Sometime later she was captured by English soldiery and King Edward of England condemned her to an open cage attached to the outside of Berwick castle and open to public view.
		The Earl of Douglas now negotiated with King Henry of England for James return and finally a ransom was arranged and paid by the Scots.
	users.totalspeed.net /tholmes/cash_european_history.htm (4616 words)

	The Barony of Macduff
		“Lay on, Macduff; and damned be he that first cries, ‘Hold enough!’” This, from the play whose title those in the superstitious theatre world fear to mention, is the favourite quotation of young schoolboys, and it was the Chief of the Macduff clan who in the year 1056 AD allegedly slew Macbeth.
		In 1735 he was raised to the peerage with an Irish title as Baron Braco of Kilbryde, and in 1759 he was promoted to be Viscount Macduff and Earl Fife, which titles, although in the Irish Peerage, appeared to reinforce the family’s claims to descent from the Macduff Earls of Fife.
		The arms of Alexander Ramsay of Mar, 7th Baron of Macduff, whose banner is illustrated on the left, quarter his father’s Ramsay arms with those of the Duke of Connaught whose daughter, Princess Patricia, was his mother.
	www.baronage.co.uk /2004a/Macduff-1.html (1081 words)

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		Macduff Carried to Colmekill, The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones.
		Macduff Be not a niggard of your speech.
		Macduff Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripped.
	www.cs.utah.edu /~goller/books/SHAKESPE/MACBETH.NEW (14578 words)

	duke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Under the November 20 1917 Letters Patent of King George V, the titular dignity of Prince/Princess and the style Royal Highness are restricted to the sons of a Sovereign, the sons of a Sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of a Prince of Wales.
		For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the 1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to be associated with royalty.
		Similarly, upon the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), the third son of Queen Victoria, his only male-line grandson, Alastair Arthur Windsor, Earl of MacDuff (1914-1942), briefly succeeded to his peerages.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Duke.html (1048 words)

	Clan Carnegie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1633 David, 8th of Kinnaird, became Earl of Southesk, and his brother John was also given an Earldom, that of Northesk (the North and South Esk rivers bisect the county of Angus, both flowing into the North Sea at Montrose).
		The 5th Earl of Southesk's title was forfieted after the '45 rising, not to be restored until the 19th century.
		The Duke's heir is the Earl of MacDuff.
	www.almac.co.uk /COM/clans/atoc/carnegi2.html (285 words)

	Don Cash Thesis
		Grants to Duncan, Earl of Fife, and his heirs born of his wife, Ada, the Kings "nepto", Strathmiglo, Falkland, Rathillet, Strathbraan, and the whole ferm of (King's) Kettle, to be held in frank marriage.
		The 1st Earl was, in our opinion, a great-grandson of Duff, King of Scots 962-67; a grandson of King Duff's son, Kenneth MacDuff, who was King of Scots as Kenneth III 997-1005; and his father being one of the unknown sons of King Kenneth.
		The facts speak for themselves: Malcolm IV was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Northumberland, and Adela de Warrene, and was born in 1141.
	www.cashfamily.com /doncashthesis.htm (10610 words)

	Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 62 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MacDuff, Duncan of Fife, Earl of Fife, b.
		Macduff, Duncan of Fife, Earl of Fife 10th, b.
		Macduff, Isabel (Elizabeth) of Fife, Countess of Fife, b.
	www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /public/genealogy/royal/gedx62.html (399 words)

	The Clan Farquharson
		A grant of arms made by Lord Lyon in 1697 stated that John Farquharson of Invercauld was lawfully descended of Shaw son of MacDuff, Thane of Fife whose successors had the name Shaw until Farquhar Shaw, son to Shaw of Rothiemerchus, Chief of the whole name came to be called Farquharson.
		At the age of 60, Finlay Mor accompanied the Earl of Huntly to the Battle of Pinkie in 1547 as the Royal Standard Bearer.
		Queen Mary presented one of these instruments to her and this instrument is now preserved in the National Museum of Antiquities as one of two surviving examples of the musical instrument which Celtic Scotland shared with Ireland before the music of the bagpipe had achieved its full popularity and sophistication.
	www.philfarq.com /farq.htm (859 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg835 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Charles of Southesk CARNEGIE Earl XI was born 23 Sep 1893.
		David Charles CARNEGIE Earl of Macduff was born 3 Mar 1961.
		David Charles CARNEGIE Earl of Macduff [Parents] was born 3 Mar 1961.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg835.htm (369 words)

	Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Their descendents became Earls not only over much of Lothian but also of Moray, though over the next few decades the territorial autonomy enjoyed by the regional lords was greatly reduced.
		Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, regency council 1286-1292 and...
		Duncan MacDuff, Earl of Fife, regency council 1286-1292 and...
	www.hostkingdom.net /scot.html (3996 words)

	Some proposed corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 5: Fife
		According to Sir Thomas Gray's Scalacronica, William de Ramsay was made earl of Fife by King David II of Scotland (who claimed that Duncan had earlier forfeited the earldom), and this took place soon after the king's deliverance from captivity [Sir H. Maxwell's translation, pp.
		He must have been made earl within the previous two weeks, assuming he is the same William de Ramsay who appears as a knight on 6 March [J.M. Thompson, ed., Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, Appendix I, no 127 (1912)].
		An unnamed countess of Fife and the son of the earl of Fife are mentioned near the end of the accounts of the custumars of Edinburgh for 20 October 1357 to 3 April 1359 [Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, vol.
	www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk /cp/p_fife.shtml (1015 words)

	Clan MacDuff
		The younger son of the 4th Earl, who died in 1139, was Hugh founder of the great Lowland family of Wemyss of Wemyss.
		Duncan, twelfth Earl of Fife, who was killed in 1353, was the last of the direct line of Thanes of Fife.
		During the Duke’s lifetime the title of Earl of Fife was borne by his son Murdoch, and upon his execution by his cousin James I in 1425, the earldom at last became extinct.
	www.clansearch.co.uk /clans/MacDuff.htm (503 words)

	History of Coxton Tower
		Alexander died on 12 October 1612 and his son John Innes was granted in 1618, a royal charter for the barony of Coxton, thus confirming the ownership of the land given by the Earl of Moray.
		The 2nd Earl of Fife was James (William had died in London in 1753), He nearly doubled the lands owned by the Duffs, including purchase of Innes, Inchbroom, Dunkinty and Leuchars from the Innes family.
		James's son, Alexander W.G Duff, was given the titles of Earl of Macduff and Duke of Fife.
	www.btinternet.com /~malcolm.christie/Cox-Hist.htm (2104 words)

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