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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.
Há 5 dias · 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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24 de nov. de 2009 · On December 11, 1936, Edward VIII became the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to do so after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson. He was replaced by his brother George VI, who was proclaimed King George VI on December 12.
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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...
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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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.
28 de jun. de 2017 · On 10 December 1936, Edward VIII executed an Instrument of Abdication which was given legal effect the following day, when Edward gave Royal Assent to His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act, by which Edward VIII and any children he might have were excluded from succession to the throne.
