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Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), 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.
Edoardo VIII del Regno Unito è stato re del Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord, dello Stato libero d'Irlanda e degli altri domini britannici, oltreché imperatore d'India, dal 20 gennaio all'11 dicembre 1936, giorno della sua abdicazione. Edoardo nacque durante il regno della bisnonna Vittoria, primogenito del duca e ...
Enrico VIII d'Inghilterra - Wikipedia. Enrico VIII Tudor ( Greenwich, 28 giugno 1491 – Londra, 28 gennaio 1547) è stato re d'Inghilterra e signore d'Irlanda (in seguito re d'Irlanda) dal 21 aprile 1509 fino alla sua morte. Enrico VIII d'Inghilterra fu il secondo monarca della dinastia Tudor come successore di suo padre, re Enrico VII d'Inghilterra.
6 mag 2024 · Edward VIII, prince of Wales (1911–36) and king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and emperor of India from January 20 to December 10, 1936, when he abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson. Edward VIII was the only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown.
Edward VIII (born Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom, from 20 January 1936 until 11 December 1936. He was born at White Lodge, Richmond Park in London. Edward abdicated (resigned) from the throne, because he wanted to marry the American woman Wallis Simpson.
Abdication of Edward VIII. Instrument of abdication signed by Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George, 10 December 1936. In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband ...
As Prince of Wales, Edward VIII (reigned January-December 1936) had successfully carried out a number of regional visits (including areas hit by economic depression) and other official engagements.
