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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.
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
The future Louis VIII of France briefly won two-thirds of England over to his side from May 1216 to September 1217 at the conclusion of the First Barons' War against King John. The then-Prince Louis landed on the Isle of Thanet , off the north Kent coast, on 21 May 1216, and marched more or less unopposed to London, where the streets were lined ...
His father was Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V), the second and only surviving son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). His mother, the Duchess of York (later Queen Mary), was the eldest child and only daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, and Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck. [4]
Haakon VII King of Norway 1872–1957: Prince Alexander John of Wales 1871: Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor 1896–1986: King Edward VIII Duke of Windsor 1894–1972 r. 1936: King George VI 1895–1952 r. 1936–1952: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900–2002: Mary, Princess Royal 1897–1965: Henry Lascelles 6th Earl of Harewood 1882–1947
King of England r. 1660–1685: Mary 1631–1660 Princess Royal: James II & VII 1633–1701 King of England and Scotland r. 1685–1688: House of Hanover: George I 1660–1727 King of Great Britain r. 1714–1727: William III & II 1650–1702 King of England and Scotland r. 1689–1702: Mary II 1662–1694 Queen of England and Scotland r. 1689 ...
Decades before Prince Harry wrote a memoir, the Duke of Windsor published one. Now, a new version of that memoir—complete with his private notes—is set to be published.
On the day of George II's death, 25 October 1760, the line of succession to the British throne was: George, Prince of Wales (born 1738), eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, George II's deceased eldest son; Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (born 1739), second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales