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Edward VIII
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Edward in Canadae, 1919
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Keeng o the Unitit Kinrick
an the
Breetish Dominions
,
Emperor o Indie
(
mair...
)
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Ring
| 20 Januar 1936 ? 11 December 1936
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Predecessor
| George V
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Successor
| George VI
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Prime Meenisters
| See leet
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Born
| 23 Juin 1894
White Lodge
,
Richmond
, Surrey, Ingland
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Dee'd
| 28 Mey 1972 (aged 77)
4 Route du Champ d'Entrainement
,
Neuilly-sur-Seine
, Paris, Fraunce
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Buirial
| 5 Juin 1972
Frogmore
, Berkshire
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Spouse
| Wallis, Duchess o Windsor
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Full name
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Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David
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Hoose
| Hoose o Windsor
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Faither
| George V
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Mither
| Mary o Teck
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Seegnatur
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Edward VIII
(Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later
The Duke o Windsor
; 23 Juin 1894 ? 28 Mey 1972) wis
Keeng o the Unitit Kinrick
an the
Dominions
o the
Breetish Commonweel
, an
Emperor o Indie
, frae 20 Januar tae 11 December 1936.
Edward wis the eldest son o
Keeng George V
an
Queen Mary
. He wis creatit
Prince o Wales
on his saxteent birthday. As a young man, he served in the
Breetish Airmed Forces
durin the
First Warld War
an unnerteuk several foreign tours on behauf o his faither.
Edward acame king when his faither died in early 1936. He showed impatience wi coort protocol, an politeecians wur concerned bi his apparent disregard for established constitutional conventions. Anly months intae his reign, he caused a
constitutional crisis
bi proposin marriage tae the American socialite
Wallis Simpson
, who haed divorced her first husband an wis seekin a divorce frae her seicont. The prime meenisters o the Unitit Kinrick an the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguin that the fowk wad never accept a divorced woman wi twa livin ex-husbands as queen. Addeetionally, sic a marriage wad hae conflicted wi Edward's status as heid o the
Kirk o Ingland
, which opposed the remarriage o divorced fowk if thair umwhile spooses wur still alive. Edward knew that the govrenment led bi Breetish Prime Meenister
Stanley Baldwin
wad resign if the marriage went ahead, which coud hae dragged the king intae a general election an wad ruin his status as a poleetically neutral
constitutional monarch
. Choosin nae tae end his relationship wi Simpson, Edward
abdicatit
. He wis succeedit bi his younger brither Albert, who chose the
regnal name
George VI
. Wi a reign o 326 days, Edward wis ane o the shortest-reignin monarchs in Breetish an Commonweel history. He wis never
crowned
.
Efter his abdication, he wis gien the title
Duke o Windsor
. He mairit Simpson in Fraunce on 3 Juin 1937, efter her seicont divorce acame final. Later that year, the couple toured Germany. Durin the
Seicont World War
, he wis at first stationed wi the
Breetish Militar Mission tae Fraunce
but, efter private accusations that he held
Nazi
sympathies, he wis assigned tae
the Bahamas
as the islands'
Govrenor
. Efter the war, he wis never gien anither offeecial appointment an spent the remainder o his life in retirement in Fraunce.