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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 mai. 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
- 20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936
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24 de nov. de 2009 · Learn how Edward VIII, the eldest son of King George V, renounced the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcée. Find out how the British government, public, and Church of England opposed his decision and how he lived in exile after the war.
- Missy Sullivan
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A crise da abdicação, ocorrida em 1936, foi uma crise constitucional no Império Britânico provocada pela proposta do rei Eduardo VIII de se casar com Wallis Simpson, uma americana divorciada do primeiro marido e em processo de divórcio do segundo. O casamento tinha a oposição dos governos do Reino Unido e dos territórios autônomos da Commonwealth.
- 1936
- abdicação de Eduardo VIII do trono britânico, ascensão de Jorge VI do Reino Unido
11 de dez. 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...
On 11 December 1936 the former King Edward VIII spoke to a stunned nation and announced that he had abdicated the throne in favour of his brother, so as to be free to marry the woman he loved -...
