Duke of Windsor
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Duke of Windsor is a former title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 March 1937 for the former monarch Edward VIII, following his abdication on 11 December 1936. The dukedom tak
The title referred to Windsor, Berkshire
Abdication of Edward VIII
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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 and wa
Duke of Windsor
…of Windsor is a former title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 March 1937 for the former monarch Edward VIII, following his abdication on 11 December 1936. The dukedom takes its name from the town where Windsor Castle—a residence of English monarchs since the Norman Conquest—is situated…
Edward in 1932
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in the Mediterranean, 1936
Fort Belvedere, Surrey, Edward's residence in Windsor Great Park
Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (left) and his British counterpart Stanley Baldwin (right), 1926