GeneAll.net - Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and British dominions beyond the seas

Ancestors

Surname

Sources

AD-Tome I-pg. 553

Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and British dominions beyond the seas

* White Lodge, Surrey, Richmond Park 23.06.1894 + Île de France, Paris 28.05.1972

Parents

Father: George V, King of the United Kingdom and British dominions beyond the seas * 03.06.1865 Descendant of William I of England

Mother: Mary, princess de Teck * 26.05.1867 Descendant of William I of England

Marriages

Maine et Loire, France, Chateau de Candé 03.06.1937
Bessie Wallis Warfield * 19.06.1896 Descendant of William I of England

Children

No issue

Titles

Orders

Knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece-Spain (1135) - 1912
Knights of the Order of the Garter (845) - 1911

Chronology

20.01.1936
Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
20.01.1936
Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.

10.12.1936
Edward VIII signs his Instrument of Abdication.

11.12.1936
Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.

03.06.1937
The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.

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