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In [[1885]], the [[Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife|6th Earl]] was created '''Earl of Fife''' in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In [[1889]], he was further created '''Duke of Fife''', in Scotland, and '''Marquess of Macduff''', in the County of Banff, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, shortly after his marriage to [[Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife|Princess Louise of Wales]], the eldest daughter of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]] (the future King Edward VII). When it became clear that he would have no sons, he was further created '''Duke of Fife''' and '''Earl of Macduff''', in the County of Banff, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with a special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male.

When the 1st Duke died in [[1912]], the Earldom became extinct, along with the first Dukedom of Fife, the Marquessate of Macduff, the newer Earldom of Fife, the Viscountcy of Macduff and the Baronies of Braco and Skene. The second Dukedom of Fife and the Earldom of Macduff passed by itstheir special remainderremainders to his elder daughter, [[Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife|Princess Alexandra of Fife]]. (See [[Duke of Fife]] for the succession ofto thatthose titletitles.)

==Barons Braco ([[1735]])==