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At Fort Belvedere, on 10 December, Edward signed his written abdication notices, witnessed by his three younger brothers: Prince Albert, Duke of York (who succeeded Edward as George VI); Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; and Prince George, Duke of Kent.
6 de may. de 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.
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Se denomina crisis por la abdicación a una serie de conflictos políticos y legales ocurrieron en el Imperio británico en 1936, causados por la decisión del rey Eduardo VIII de casarse con Wallis Simpson, una celebridad social estadounidense que se había divorciado de su primer marido y estaba en vías de divorciarse de su segundo marido.
11 de dic. de 2023 · On 11 December 1936, unable to reconcile his desire for US divorcée Wallis Simpson with his role as King, Edward VIII made the shocking decision to abdicate the throne, bringing an end to a...
24 de nov. de 2009 · After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the...
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Edward VIII's Abdication speech, 11 December 1936. The Abdication speech survives today as it was recorded by BBC engineers in defiance of orders. For many years archivists denied its...
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.
