Edward Windsor

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Person.png Edward Windsor  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(British royal)
King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson on holiday in Yugoslavia, 1936.jpg
King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on holiday in Yugoslavia, 1936
BornEdward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David
23 June 1894
Surrey, England
Died28 May 1972 (Age 77)
Paris, France
NationalityUK
Alma materRoyal Naval College Osborne, Britannia Royal Naval College, Magdalen College (Oxford)
Parents • George V
• Mary of Teck
SpouseWallis Simpson

Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, 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.


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