King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII … 1894–1972

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King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII …, 1894–1972 (aged 77 years)

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King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII …

Name: King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII //
Name prefix: King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India
Given names: Edward VIII

Sex Male

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 3 June 1865 24 21 — London, England Death: 20 January 1936 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Queen Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von Teck King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII … George VI … King of England Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor Duke of Gloucester George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor Duke of Kent John Charles Francis Windsor George V … 1865–1936 Birth: 3 June 1865 24 21 — London, England Death: 20 January 1936 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England
mother	Links Birth: 26 May 1867 29 — Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England Death: 24 March 1953 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George V … King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII … George VI … King of England Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor Duke of Gloucester George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor Duke of Kent John Charles Francis Windsor Queen Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von Teck 1867–1953 Birth: 26 May 1867 29 — Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England Death: 24 March 1953 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England
sister	Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary Windsor …–
himself	Links Birth: 23 June 1894 29 27 — Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England Marriage: June 1937 Death: 28 May 1972 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bessie Wallis Warfield King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII … 1894–1972 Birth: 23 June 1894 29 27 — Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England Death: 28 May 1972 — Paris, Île-de-France, France
18 months younger brother	Links Birth: 14 December 1895 30 28 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England Marriage: 1923 Death: 6 February 1952 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England Unique identifier: E2F21E9FB9B9D645B4D975F59FAFBE6D8EF5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon Lady Princess Margaret Rose Windsor Countess of Snowdon Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms (1952-2022) Elizabeth II Windsor George VI … King of England 1895–1952 Birth: 14 December 1895 30 28 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death: 6 February 1952 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England
5 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1900 34 32 Death: 1974 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor Duke of Gloucester 1900–1974 Birth: 1900 34 32 Death: 1974
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1902 36 34 Death: 1942 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor Duke of Kent 1902–1942 Birth: 1902 36 34 Death: 1942
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1905 39 37 Death: 1919 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John Charles Francis Windsor 1905–1919 Birth: 1905 39 37 Death: 1919

Family with Bessie Wallis Warfield
himself	Links Birth: 23 June 1894 29 27 — Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England Marriage: June 1937 Death: 28 May 1972 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bessie Wallis Warfield King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII … 1894–1972 Birth: 23 June 1894 29 27 — Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England Death: 28 May 1972 — Paris, Île-de-France, France
wife	Links Birth: 1896 Marriage: June 1937 Death: 1986 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Family with spouse King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII … Bessie Wallis Warfield 1896–1986 Birth: 1896 Death: 1986
Marriage	Marriage — June 1937 —

… Simpson + Bessie Wallis Warfield
wife’s partner	… Simpson …–
wife	Links Birth: 1896 Marriage: June 1937 Death: 1986 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Family with spouse King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Emperor of India Edward VIII … Bessie Wallis Warfield 1896–1986 Birth: 1896 Death: 1986

Events of close relatives
Birth	23 June 1894 29 27 Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England Address: White Lodge, Richmond Park, Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England.
Birth of a brother	George VI … King of England 14 December 1895 Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Birth of a brother	Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor Duke of Gloucester 1900
Death of a maternal grandfather	Count Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander Hohenstein Duke of Teck 21 January 1900 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England Address: White Lodge, Richmond Park, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England.
Birth of a brother	George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor Duke of Kent 1902
Birth of a brother	John Charles Francis Windsor 1905
Death of a paternal grandfather	King of Great Britain Edward VII … 6 May 1910 City of Westminster, London, England Address: Buckingham Palace, City of Westminster, London, England.
Death of a brother	John Charles Francis Windsor 1919
Death of a paternal grandmother	Alexandra … 1925
Death of a father	George V … 20 January 1936 Sandringham, Norfolk, England Address: Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England.
Marriage	Bessie Wallis Warfield — View this family June 1937 (aged 42 years)
Death of a brother	George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor Duke of Kent 1942
Death of a brother	George VI … King of England 6 February 1952 Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Death of a mother	Queen Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von Teck 24 March 1953 St James's, City of Westminster, London, England Address: Marlborough House, St James's, City of Westminster, London, England.
Death	28 May 1972 (aged 77 years) Paris, Île-de-France, France
Last change	6 February 2023 – 09:04:08 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Edward VIII (1894-1972), king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and emperor of India (January 20-December 11, 1936), later known as the duke of Windsor. Edward was born June 23, 1894, in White Lodge, Richmond Park, and was educated at the naval preparatory college at Osborne; the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; and Magdalen College, University of OxFord. During World War I he served with the Grenadier Guards in France, Italy, Flanders, and Egypt. In 1919 he undertook the first of many official goodwill tours to Canada and other countries. In the 1920s and 1930s he supported slum-clearance projects, aid to the unemployed, and improvement of the working conditions of British Miners. Reign On the Death of his father, King George V, in January 1936, Edward was proclaimed King Edward VIII. Before long, rumors circulated about his alleged romance with an American, Mrs. WAllis WarField Simpson (1896-1986), then married to her second husband, a London shipping Broker. On October 20, 1936, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin counseled Edward, as king and head of the Church of England, to remove all cause for the rumors. A week later Mrs. Simpson was granted a divorce, to become final in six months. In November the king confided to Baldwin that he intended to marry Mrs. Simpson even if it meant his abdication. A morganatic marriage was proposed, but the cabinet was unwilling to accept this compromise. On December 11, 1936, therefore, the king abdicated in favor of his Brother, the duke of York, who became King George VI. Edward received the title duke of Windsor and married Mrs. Simpson in June 1937. Duke of Windsor Because his wife was not accorded the privileges of a royal duchess in England, the duke of Windsor resided aBroad. In 1937 he observed social and housing conditions in Germany and visited Adolf Hitler. During World War II he served as a major general in the British Expeditionary Force, and he was governor of the Bahama Islands from 1940 to 1945. After the war he lived as a private British citizen, chiefly in the United States and France. At the funeral of George VI in February 1952, he took part in a British royal ceremony for the first time since his abdication. The duke wrote A King's Story (1951) which was made into a film in 1967, and Windsor Revisited (1960). He died May 28, 1972, in Paris.

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Edward VIII (1894-1972), king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and
emperor of India (January 20-December 11, 1936), later known as the duke
of Windsor.

Edward was born June 23, 1894, in White Lodge, Richmond Park, and was
educated at the naval preparatory college at Osborne; the Royal Naval
College, Dartmouth; and Magdalen College, University of OxFord. During
World War I he served with the Grenadier Guards in France, Italy,
Flanders, and Egypt. In 1919 he undertook the first of many official
goodwill tours to Canada and other countries. In the 1920s and 1930s he
supported slum-clearance projects, aid to the unemployed, and improvement
of the working conditions of British Miners.

Reign

On the Death of his father, King George V, in January 1936, Edward was
proclaimed King Edward VIII. Before long, rumors circulated about his
alleged romance with an American, Mrs. WAllis WarField Simpson
(1896-1986), then married to her second husband, a London shipping Broker.
On October 20, 1936, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin counseled Edward, as
king and head of the Church of England, to remove all cause for the
rumors. A week later Mrs. Simpson was granted a divorce, to become final
in six months. In November the king confided to Baldwin that he intended
to marry Mrs. Simpson even if it meant his abdication. A morganatic
marriage was proposed, but the cabinet was unwilling to accept this
compromise. On December 11, 1936, therefore, the king abdicated in favor
of his Brother, the duke of York, who became King George VI. Edward
received the title duke of Windsor and married Mrs. Simpson in June 1937.

Duke of Windsor

Because his wife was not accorded the privileges of a royal duchess in
England, the duke of Windsor resided aBroad. In 1937 he observed social
and housing conditions in Germany and visited Adolf Hitler. During World
War II he served as a major general in the British Expeditionary Force,
and he was governor of the Bahama Islands from 1940 to 1945. After the war
he lived as a private British citizen, chiefly in the United States and
France. At the funeral of George VI in February 1952, he took part in a
British royal ceremony for the first time since his abdication. The duke
wrote A King's Story (1951) which was made into a film in 1967, and
Windsor Revisited (1960). He died May 28, 1972, in Paris.