1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced... 49 KB (6,382 words) - 17:41, 12 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (592 words) - 20:10, 3 March 2024 |
The coronation of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was due to take place at Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937. Preparations had already begun and... 11 KB (1,312 words) - 04:28, 4 April 2024 |
Prince George, Duke of Kent (redirect from George Edward Alexander Windsor) son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI. Prince George served in the Royal Navy in the 1920s and... 36 KB (3,709 words) - 03:28, 24 April 2024 |
HMS Prince of Wales (53) (redirect from HMS King Edward VIII) Prince of Wales was originally to be named King Edward VIII but upon the abdication of Edward VIII the ship was renamed even before she had been laid... 48 KB (5,670 words) - 20:49, 29 March 2024 |
King George V, nephew of King George VI and Edward VIII, and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Edward's mother was also a first cousin of Prince Philip... 51 KB (4,002 words) - 03:56, 26 April 2024 |
the United Kingdom from 20 January to 11 December 1936, reigning as Edward VIII before his abdication, and had lived in Paris at the time of his death... 8 KB (946 words) - 02:41, 25 April 2024 |
George VI (category Abdication of Edward VIII) degree. His elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII after their father died in 1936, but Edward abdicated later that year to marry the twice-divorced... 63 KB (6,500 words) - 05:25, 28 April 2024 |
The Edward VIII Plateau is a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula between Magnet Bay and Edward VIII Bay in Antarctica. It was probably seen by personnel... 843 bytes (121 words) - 15:49, 7 August 2021 |
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... 9 KB (1,233 words) - 08:42, 21 March 2024 |
George V (category Children of Edward VII) On his death in January 1936, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII. Edward abdicated in December of that year and was succeeded by his younger... 76 KB (8,247 words) - 15:28, 27 April 2024 |
Edward VIII Bay is a bay about 32 kilometres (20 mi) in extent, located between Edward VIII Plateau (a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula near Magnet... 2 KB (255 words) - 05:52, 9 June 2020 |
throne passed to the first person in line, who became Edward VIII. On the day of Edward VIII's abdication, 11 December 1936, the line of succession to... 46 KB (6,059 words) - 19:08, 30 March 2024 |
them to be excluded from the succession. King George V (1865–1936) King Edward VIII (1894–1972) King George VI (1895–1952) Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022)... 55 KB (6,267 words) - 20:59, 25 April 2024 |
there have been five British monarchs of the House of Windsor: George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II, and Charles III. The children and male-line... 28 KB (1,938 words) - 14:13, 8 April 2024 |
1936, he was appointed a personal aide-de-camp to his eldest brother, Edward VIII. Following his brother's abdication and the accession of his brother... 45 KB (5,035 words) - 03:28, 24 April 2024 |
of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication. Wallis... 57 KB (7,182 words) - 11:29, 29 April 2024 |
Florin (British coin) (section Edward VIII (1936)) coinage. No coins depicting Edward VIII were officially released to circulation. A pattern florin exists for King Edward, which would have been due to... 28 KB (3,575 words) - 18:27, 30 December 2023 |
Coins of British India (section Edward VIII) 1938–1947). No British India coins were issued during the brief reign of Edward VIII. British trading posts in the Indian subcontinent were first established... 23 KB (2,776 words) - 19:21, 4 April 2024 |
Guy Pearce (redirect from Guy Edward Pearce) Locker. In 2010, he appeared as David, Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VIII, in The King's Speech. Both films won the Academy Award for Best Picture... 28 KB (1,698 words) - 17:12, 22 April 2024 |
George V, Edward VIII and George VI's father and Elizabeth II's paternal grandfather Candida Benson as Queen Mary, George V's wife, Edward VIII and George... 55 KB (4,247 words) - 05:21, 2 April 2024 |
278 Complete Peerage: "Duke of Cornwall". "'James Francis Edward Stuart, styled James VIII and III', The University of Nottingham". Archived from the... 31 KB (3,024 words) - 16:07, 24 April 2024 |