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Wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Simpson

Index Wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Simpson

The wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, and Wallis Simpson occurred on 3 June 1937 at the Château de Candé in France, several months following Edward's abdication of the British throne. [1]

12 relations: Château de Candé, Church of England, Edward VIII, Edward VIII abdication crisis, Eugène Daniel von Rothschild, Fruity Metcalfe, George VI, Monts, Indre-et-Loire, Randolph Churchill, Robert Anderson Jardine, Town & Country (magazine), Wallis Simpson.

Château de Candé

The Château de Candé is a castle located in the commune of Monts, Indre-et-Loire, 10 km (6 mi) to the south of Tours on the border of the Indre River in France.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year, after which he became the Duke of Windsor.

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Edward VIII abdication crisis

In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing the divorce of her second.

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Eugène Daniel von Rothschild

Baron Eugène Daniel von Rothschild (6 March 1884 – 25 April 1976) or simply Eugène von Rothschild was a member of the notable Rothschild family.

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Fruity Metcalfe

Edward Dudley Metcalfe MVO MC (16 January 1887 – 18 November 1957), known as Fruity Metcalfe, was an officer in the Indian Army and a close friend and equerry of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Monts, Indre-et-Loire

Monts is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Randolph Churchill

Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill (28 May 1911 – 6 June 1968) was a British journalist, writer and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from 1940 to 1945.

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Robert Anderson Jardine

The Reverend Robert Anderson Jardine (1878-1950), who published a memoir as R. Anderson Jardine, was an ordained priest of the Church of England and vicar of a parish in Darlington in the north of England.

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Town & Country (magazine)

Town & Country, formerly the Home Journal and The National Press, is a monthly American lifestyle magazine.

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Wallis Simpson

Wallis Simpson (born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1896 – 24 April 1986), later known as the Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite whose intended marriage to the British king Edward VIII caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Windsor,_and_Wallis_Simpson

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