Villa Windsor, Paris

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Villa Windsor in Paris is a historic mansion best known as the longtime home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor after Edward VIII’s abdication.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house
mansion
villa
afterAbdicationResidenceOf Wallis Simpson
surface form: Duchess of Windsor

Edward VIII
surface form: Duke of Windsor
architecturalStyle 20th-century French residential architecture
category Historic houses in France
Houses in Paris
Royal residences in Paris
coordinateLocation 48.864°N 2.262°E
country France
hasLanguageOfSurroundingArea French
hasNearby Bois de Boulogne
surface form: Bois de Boulogne parkland

Hippodrome de Longchamp
surface form: Longchamp Racecourse
heritageStatus historic residence
leasedTo Wallis Simpson
surface form: Duchess of Windsor

Edward VIII
surface form: Duke of Windsor
locatedIn Bois de Boulogne
France
Paris
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
municipality Paris
namedAfter Edward VIII
surface form: Duke of Windsor

Wallis Simpson
surface form: Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
notableFor association with British abdication crisis
being longtime home of Duke and Duchess of Windsor
ownedBy Paris
surface form: City of Paris
partOf 16th arrondissement of Paris
significantEvent residence of Duke and Duchess of Windsor after abdication of Edward VIII
significantResident Edward VIII
surface form: Duke of Windsor

Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson
surface form: Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
streetAddress 4 route du Champ d’Entraînement
usedAs private residence

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Edward VIII residence Villa Windsor, Paris