Edward VIII
noun
Duke of Windsor,1894–1972,
king of Great Britain 1936: abdicated (son of George V; brother of George VI).
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Edward VIII
noun
1894–1972, king of Great Britain and Ireland in 1936; son of George V and brother of George VI. He abdicated in order to marry an American divorcée, Mrs Wallis Simpson (1896–1986); created Duke of Windsor (1937)