Princess Maud Countess of Southesk
- Category : 1893-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 5/1 - Heretical / Investigator
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Endeavor 1
Biography
British royal, a granddaughter of King Edward VII.
Maud and her elder sister, Alexandra, had the distinction of being the only female-line descendants of a British sovereign granted the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 13 November 1923, Maud married Lord Carnegie (23 September 1893 – 16 February 1992) at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London. Maud and her husband operated a model farm at Elsick, in Kincardineshire, Scotland. They had one child: James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 12th Earl of Southesk (b. 23 September 1929).
Although Princess Maud did not normally carry out royal engagements, she served as a Counsellor of State between 1942 and 1945.
Maud died in a London nursing home on 14 December 1945 after a bout of acute bronchitis.