Notes for Edward VIII Windsor, Duke of Windsor: NOTES: Edward VIII, King of England; later titled as: Duke of Windsor when he abdicated the throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson. Christened: Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David. Reign: 20 Jan 1936 to 11 Dec 1936. His reign was only 326 days long. Title: Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Emperor of India. He abdicated in favor of his brother, the Duke of York, who became King George VI. Edward married Mrs. Simpson in June of 1937. 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 Froce, and he was a 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 Feb. 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). Edward was a Freemason. Tsarevich Nicholas II and his finance, Alix were the godparents at Edward's baptism. Seven different names of the Duke of Windsor: 1. Prince Edward of York 2. Prince Edward of Cornwall and York 3. Duke of Cornwall 4. Edward, Prince of Wales 5. King Edward VIII 6. Prince Edward 7. Duke of Windsor. He is famous for popularizing a fat symmetrical knot for a necktie called the Windsor knot.
More About Edward VIII Windsor, Duke of Windsor: Burial: Unknown, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire.
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Edward VIII Windsor, Duke of Windsor (b. June 23, 1894, d. May 28, 1972)
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