Category:Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

**Edward VIII**
	King of the United Kingdom and its dominions in 1936
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Name in native language	Edward VIII
Date of birth	23 June 1894; White Lodge; His Highness Prince Edward of York
Date of death	28 May 1972; Paris
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	laryngeal cancer;
Place of burial	Royal Burial Ground;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, –1927);
Educated at	Magdalen College; Britannia Royal Naval College; Royal Naval College, Osborne;
Occupation	military personnel; monarch; aristocrat;
Member of	Royal Society;
Position held	monarch of the United Kingdom (1936–1936); Emperor of India (1936–1936); monarch of Canada (1936–1936); monarch of the Union of South Africa (1936–1936); Prince of Wales (1910–1936);
Native language	British English;
Noble title	Duke of Cornwall (1910–1936); Prince of Wales (1911–1936); Duke of Windsor (1936–); monarch of the United Kingdom (George VI, George V, 1936–1936); Prince of the United Kingdom; British Prince;
Family	House of Windsor;
Father	George V;
Mother	Mary of Teck;
Sibling	George VI (younger brother); Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (younger sister); Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (younger brother); Prince George, Duke of Kent (younger brother); Prince John of the United Kingdom (younger brother);
Spouse	Wallis Simpson (1937–1972);
Unmarried partner	Marguerite Alibert; Freda Dudley Ward; Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness;
Award received	Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1912); Military Cross (1916); Order of St. Olav (1914); Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum; Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (1915); Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1912); Order of Michael the Brave (1918); Order of St. George, 3rd class (1916); Royal Victorian Chain (1921); Albert Medal (1924); Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎ (1931); Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum; knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus; honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong; Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders (1931); Order of the Garter (1910); Victory Medal;
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English: HM Edward VIII, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (born 1894 - died 1972); post-abdication HRH The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (1936-1972).

The King of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from January 1936 until his abdication in December 1936, to marry Wallis Simpson.
He was the second monarch of the House of Windsor, his father George V having changed the name of the Royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1917.

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