Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure (the Dukedom of Fife), and on an Inescutcheon Argent, ensigned of an Earl's Coronet proper, an Eagle displayed Azure, armed, beaked and membered Gules, and charged on its breast with an Antique Covered Cup Or (Carnegie). Crest: A Thunderbolt proper, winged Or. Supporters: Dexter: a Lion guardant Gules, langued Azure, collared with a Label of five-points Argent, charged with two Thistles proper, between three Crosses of St George Gules. Sinister: a Talbot Argent, collared and langued Gules. Mottoes: Above the crest, on a Scroll DRED GOD; beneath the shield DEO JUVANTE ("God helping").
Creation date
24 April 1900
Creation
Second
Created by
Queen Victoria
Peerage
Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and 6th Earl Fife
Present holder
David Carnegie, 4th Duke
Heir apparent
Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk
Remainder to
the 1st Duke's daughters by Princess Louise and the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Marquess of Macduff † Earl of Southesk Earl Fife † Earl of Fife † Earl of Macduff Viscount Macduff † Lord Carnegie of Kinnard Lord Carnegie Baron Balinhard Baron Braco † Baron Skene † Baronet 'of Pitcarrow'
Seat(s)
Elsick House Kinnaird Castle
Former seat(s)
Mar Lodge
Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar: Arms of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Fife
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.
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