Person:Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (1)

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom _____
d.28 May 1972 Paris, France
m. 28 May 1937
Facts and Events
Name Edward VIII of the United Kingdom _____
Baptismal Name Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David _____
Gender Male
Birth? 23 Jun 1894 Sandringham, Norfolk, EnglandSandringham House
Marriage 28 May 1937 France(her 3rd husband)
to Bessie Wallis Warfield
Death? 28 May 1972 Paris, France
Burial[2] Royal Burial Ground, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Reference Number? Q590227?


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Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.

Edward was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary. He was created Prince of Wales on his 16th 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 sexual affairs that worried both his father and then-British prime minister Stanley Baldwin.

Upon his father's death in 1936, Edward became the second monarch of the House of Windsor. The new king showed impatience with court protocol, and caused concern among politicians by his apparent disregard for established constitutional conventions. Only months into his reign, a constitutional crisis was caused by his proposal to marry 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 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 Simpson and remain on the throne, he abdicated. He was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. With a reign of 326 days, Edward is the shortest-reigning British monarch.

After his abdication, Edward was created Duke of Windsor. He married Simpson in France on 3 June 1937, after her second divorce became final. Later that year, the couple toured Nazi 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 France. He and Wallis remained married until his death in 1972.

References
  1.   Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. Edward VIII, in Find A Grave.
Succession of Monarchs of the United Kingdom
Edward VII

1901-1910
his grandfather

George V

1910-1927
as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions
and 1927-1936
as King of Great Britain, Ireland and of the British Dominions
his father

King of the United Kingdom and British Dominions Beyond the Seas

1936

George VI

1936-1952
his brother

Elizabeth II
as Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations

1952-present
his neice

Emperor of India George VI
1936-1947
Title Removed
1948
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