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Eduardo VIII (Eduardo Alberto Cristiano Jorge André Patrício Davi, em inglês: Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David[ 1]; White Lodge, 23 de junho de 1894 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 28 de maio de 1972 ), mais tarde conhecido como Duque de Windsor, foi Rei do Reino Unido e dos Domínios Britânicos e Imperador da Índia de 20 de ...
爱德华八世 （英語： Edward VIII ，1894年6月23日—1972年5月28日），全名 爱德华·阿尔伯特·克里斯蒂安·乔治·安德鲁·帕特里克·大卫 （ Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David ）， 联合王国及其自治领国王 、 印度皇帝 ，1936年1月20日即位，因堅持與美籍名流 ...
Edward VIII coins. Edward VIII coins are a series of coins from the United Kingdom and other territories of the British Empire that were produced in 1936 upon the accession of King Edward VIII. Because of his short reign of just 326 days and eventual abdication, many never entered circulation and remained only as pattern pieces.
Robert Harris 's alternative history novel Fatherland depicts Edward VIII as the restored king of the United Kingdom alongside Wallis Simpson as part of a pro- Nazi puppet government in Britain. Like the rest of western Europe, Great Britain, although unoccupied, is forced to sign up to an E.U. (except Switzerland) which shows their loyalty to ...
Edward VIII postage stamps. One of four 1936 stamps. The complete British series. British stamps in a booklet pane featuring advertising for stamp dealer Charles Nissen. The Edward VIII postage stamps are a definitive stamp series issued in the United Kingdom during the 20 January – 11 December 1936 reign of King Edward VIII .
c. His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 ( 1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 3) is the act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that recognised and ratified the abdication of King Edward VIII and passed succession to his brother King George VI. The act also excluded any possible future descendants of Edward from the line of succession.
The future Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in 1934. They were married in June 1937. Operation Willi was the German code name for the unsuccessful attempt by the SS to kidnap Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor in July 1940 and induce him to work with German dictator Adolf Hitler for either a peace settlement with Britain, or a restoration to the throne after the German conquest of the United Kingdom.
