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 their special remainders to his daughters and their heirs male. princess alexandra of fife thus succeeded to the new dukedom of fife. (see duke of fife for the succession to those titles.)