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TIME named Wallis Warfield Simpson the first Woman of the Year in 1936 When American socialite Wallis Warfield Simpson captured the heart of Edward, the Prince of Wales, the romance plunged Britain into a constitutional crisis and made Mrs. Simpson "the most-talked-about, written-about, headlined and interest-compelling person in the world," according to the TIME article naming her Woman of ...
21 de feb. de 2019 · Her father, Teackle Wallis Warfield, was the son of a wealthy Baltimore flour merchant, and her mother, Alice Montague, was a stockbroker’s daughter. Although Wallis always claimed her parents married in June 1895, parish records show that they weren’t married until November 1895—meaning that Wallis was conceived out of wedlock , considered a big scandal at the time.
18 de feb. de 2018 · Wallis in Love by Andrew Morton (Michael O’Mara, £20) When the affair between Thelma and the Prince of Wales came to an end, Wallis stepped in to take her friend’s place.
24 de abr. de 2021 · Born – 19th June 1896 Died – 24th April 1986 Father – Teackle Wallis Warfield (1869 – 1896) Mother – Alice Montague (1869 – 1929) Spouses – m. 1916 div. 1927 – Winfield Spencer, m. 1928 div. 1937 – Ernest Simpson, m. 1937 – Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor (1894 – 1972)
Wife of Duke of Windsor Born Bessie Wallis Warfield in Pennsylvania, she married Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr in 1916. Divorced in 1927, she married Ernest Simpson in 1928. They met Edward, Prince of Wales in London in 1931. When the Prince became king, his insistence on marrying the twice-divorced American precipitated a constitutional crisis that led to his abdication in 1936. He was created ...
Wallis Simpson. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (* 19. Juni 1896 in Blue Ridge Summit, USA; † 24. April 1986 in Paris; Geburtsname: Bessie Wallis Warfield) war Gattin des vormaligen britischen Königs Eduard VIII. Sie war der formelle Grund für die Abdankung Eduards VIII. im Jahr 1936.
Wallis Warfield verbringt ihre Mädchenjahre mit der Suche nach einem “standesgemäßen” Ehemann und heiratet mit neunzehn einen Oberleutnant der Air Force, Earl Winfried Spencer. Doch die Ehe scheitert an Alkoholproblemen und Gewalttätigkeit des Mannes. 1921 flieht Wallis zu ihrer Mutter nach Washington, wo sie sich in einen argentinischen Diplomaten verliebt.
