Edward VIII

E9261
Duke of Windsor King of the United Kingdom human

Edward VIII was the British king who famously abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson, leading to his brother George VI becoming monarch.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
King Edward VIII 13
Duke of Windsor 8
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Windsor ⓘ
King of the United Kingdom ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith abdication crisis of 1936 ⓘ
birthDate 1894-06-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Richmond Park, Surrey, England ⓘ
White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, England ⓘ
burialPlace Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfAbdication 1936-12-11 ⓘ
deathDate 1972-05-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
education Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ
Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth ⓘ
surface form: Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Royal Naval College, Osborne ⓘ
father George V ⓘ
fullName Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
heirApparentOf George V ⓘ
house House of Windsor ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
monarchOf British India ⓘ
Dominions of the British Empire ⓘ
surface form: Dominions of the British Commonwealth

United Kingdom ⓘ
mother Mary of Teck ⓘ
notableWork A King’s Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
predecessor George V ⓘ
previousHouse House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
reasonForAbdication desire to marry Wallis Simpson ⓘ
reignEnd 1936-12-11 ⓘ
reignStart 1936-01-20 ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Fort Belvedere, Surrey ⓘ
Villa Windsor, Paris ⓘ
sibling George VI ⓘ
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood ⓘ
Prince George, Duke of Kent ⓘ
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
Prince John of the United Kingdom ⓘ
spouse Wallis Simpson ⓘ
style His Majesty ⓘ
surface form: His Majesty The King

Edward VIII self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor

Prince of Wales ⓘ
surface form: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
successor George VI ⓘ
title Duke of Cornwall ⓘ
Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Edward VIII self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Windsor

Emperor of India ⓘ
King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth ⓘ
Prince of Wales ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary → sibling → Edward VIII ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
this entity surface form: King Edward VIII
this entity surface form: King Edward VIII
this entity surface form: King Edward VIII
this entity surface form: King Edward VIII
subject surface form: Villa Windsor
subject surface form: Villa Windsor
this entity surface form: Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson → spouse → Edward VIII ⓘ
Wallis Simpson → spouse → Edward VIII ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII → style → Edward VIII self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor
George V → successor → Edward VIII ⓘ
Edward VIII → title → Edward VIII self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Windsor
Emperor of India → usedBy → Edward VIII ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Edward VIII