Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor (born Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), VIII |
Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor (born Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), VIII<br>Gender: Male<br>Alias name: David, Edward VIII<br>Residence: Villa Windsor, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France<br>Birth: June 23 1894 - White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England<br>Baptism: July 16 1894 - Green Drawing Room, White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England<br>Occupation: Emperor of India, King of the United Kingdom and Duke of Windsor<br>Marriage: Spouse: Bessie Wallis Simpson (born Warfield), Duchess of Windsor - June 3 1937 - Chateau de Cande, Monts, France<br>Death: May 28 1972 - 4 Route du Champ d'Entraînement, Paris, Île-de-France, France<br>Burial: June 5 1972 - Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England<br>Father: George V Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor (born Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of British India, Not Goa<br>Mother: Mary Victoria (Mary) Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck (born Teck), Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Empress consort of India<br>Wife: Bessie Wallis Simpson (born Warfield), Duchess of Windsor<br>Siblings: George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Unknown, Mary Victoria Alexandra Alice (Mary) Windsor, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, Countess of Harewood, Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor, Duke of Gloucester, George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor, Duke of Kent, John Charles Francis Windsor, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
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King Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor VIII<br>Birth name: Prince Edward of York - Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David<br>Also known as: King Edward VIII<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: June 23 1894 - Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England, United Kingdom<br>Military Service: 1921<br&;gt;Marriage: Spouse: Bessie Wallis Warfield Duchess of Windsor - June 3 1937 - Candé, Segré, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France<br>Residence: 1901 - Caterham, Surrey, England<br>Residence: 1911 - Ilford, England<br>Residence: Apr 2 1911 - St George Hanover Square, London, England<br>Residence: Circa 1923 - York<br>Residence: 1948 - London and Westminster, England<br>Residence: Apr 1953 - Windsor, England<br>Death: May 28 1972 - Paris, Île-de-France, France<br>Burial: June 5 1972 - Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom<br>Occupation: Governor of the Bahamas - Between 1940 and 1945 - Bahamas<br>Title of Nobility: Duc de Cornouailles - Jan 22 1901 - East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni<br>Title of Nobility: Prince de Galles - Nov 9 1901 - Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni<br>Title of Nobility: HRH The Duke of Cornwall; ;lt;br>Title of Nobility: Duc de Cornouailles - May 6 1910 - Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni<br>Title of Nobility: HRH The Prince of Wales - June 23 1910 - London, England, United Kingdom<br>Title of Nobility: HM King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom - Jan 20 1936<br>Title of Nobility: Roi du Royaume-Uni et Empereur des Indes sous le nom de Edward Vlll - Jan 20 1936 - Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni<br>Title of Nobility: Duke de Windsor - Dec 11 1936 - Windsor, Berkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni<br>Title of Nobility: Prince Edward, 1st Duke of Windsor - Mar 8 1937<br>Title of Nobility: Duc de Windsor - Mar 8 1937 - Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni<br>Parents: King George V Frederick Ernest Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes Saxe-Coburg and Gotha of United Kingdom (born of Teck)<br>Wife: Bessie Wallis Warfield Duchess of Windsor<br>Siblings: King Albert Frederick Arthur George VI Windsor, Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary Lascelles (born Windsor), HRH Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor, HRH George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor, Prince John Charles Francis Windsor<br> Additional information:
LifeSketch: King from 20 Jan 1936-11 Dec 1936. Abdicated throne to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson.f India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication that December.[a] er King George V and Queen Mary. He was created Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday, seven weeks after his father succeeded as king. As a young man, Edward served in the British Army during the First World War and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father. While Prince of Wales, he engaged in a series of affairs that worried his father and the British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin. l conventions. Only months into his reign, he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing to Wallis Simpson, an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second. The prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguing a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands was politically and socially unacceptable as a prospective queen consort. Additionally, such a marriage would have conflicted with Edward's status as the titular head of the Church of England, which at the time disapproved of remarriage after divorce if a former spouse was still alive. Edward knew the Baldwin government would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have forced a general election and would have ruined his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. When it became apparent he could not marry Wallis and remain on the throne, he abdicated. He was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. With a reign of 326 days, Edward is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British history. inal. Later that year, the couple toured Germany. During the Second World War, Edward was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France, but after private accusations that he was a Nazi sympathiser, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. After the war, Edward spent the rest of his life in retirement in France. He and Wallis remained married until his death in 1972. Wallis died 14 years later.
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