H.M. Edward VIII Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (Windsor), King of the United Kingdom

1894 - 1972  (77 years)

• Name	Edward VIII Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (Windsor)  [1]
  Title	H.M.
  Suffix	King of the United Kingdom
  Born	23 June 1894	White Lodge, Richmond Park, London, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Decoration	1910  [1]
  	Companion of the Imperial Service Order (I.S.O.)
  Decoration	1910  [1]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Decoration	1916  [1]
  	Military Cross (M.C.)
  Decoration	1917  [1]
  	Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.)
  Decoration	1917  [1]
  	Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.)
  Decoration	1920  [1]
  	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.)
  Decoration	1921  [1]
  	Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (G.C.I.E.)
  Decoration	1921  [1]
  	Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (G.C.S.I.)
  Decoration	1921  [1]
  	Royal Victorian Chain (R.V.C.)
  Decoration	1922  [1]
  	Knight of the Order of the Thistle (K.T.)
  Decoration	1927  [1]
  	Knight of the Order of St. Patrick (K.P.)
  Decoration	1936  [1]
  	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)
  Hereditary Title	20 Jan. – 11 Dec. 1936  [1]
  	By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India
  Hereditary Title	8 March 1937 – 28 May 1972  [1]
  	1st and last Duke of Windsor [U.K., 1937]
  Regnal Name	Edward VIII  [1]
  Died	28 May 1972	Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France   [1]
  Buried	Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I176	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	24 June 2018

  
  

  Father	H.M. George V Frederick Ernest Albert (Windsor), King of the United Kingdom,   b. 3 June 1865, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 20 Jan. 1936, Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	H.S.H. Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes (Württemberg), of Teck,   b. 26 May 1867, Kensington Palace, London, England ,   d. 24 March 1953, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 85 years)
  Married	6 July 1893	Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, England   [1]
  Family ID	F100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wallis Warfield,   b. 19 June 1896, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. ,   d. 24 April 1986, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France  (Age 89 years)
  Married	3 June 1937	Château de Candé, Monts, France   [1]
  Last Modified	4 April 2018
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom (Variant 1) Quarterly, First and Fourth Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Second quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland).

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Sovereign Families of Europe (Online), William Bortrick, https://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_UnitedKingdom.php.