Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

Titles from birth to death

In addition to his seven personal names, the specific styles and titles held by the future Duke of Windsor changed several times before his ascension to the throne. Under Queen Victoria's Letters Patent of 30 June 1864 and settled practice dating back to 1714, as a male-line great-grandchild of the Sovereign, Edward was a prince of Great Britain and Ireland with the qualification of Highness (not Royal Highness). Queen Victoria's Letters Patent of 27 May 1898 expressly granted the titles of prince and princess of Great Britain and qualification of Royal Highness to the children of the surviving son of the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII). As a male-line great-grandson of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha he bore the titles Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony (with the qualification of Highness). George V's Order in Council on 20 July 1917 relinquished for himself and all descendants of Queen Victoria who were British subjects the "use of the Degrees, Styles, Dignities, Titles and Honours of Dukes and Duchesses of Saxony and Princes and Princesses of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and all other German Degrees, Styles, Dignities, Titles, Honours and Appellations". From his father's ascension to the throne on 6 May 1910 until his own accession on 20 January 1936, he held the titles Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. His full title as king was "Edward VIII, of Great Britan, Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India." The Duke of Windsor's titles and styles were as follows:

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30 June - 1864 - 1714 - 27 May - 1898 - Edward VII - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - 20 July - 1917 - 6 May - 1910 - 20 January - 1936

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• His Highness Prince Edward of York (23 June 1894–27 May 1898)
• His Royal Highness Prince Edward of York (27 May 1898–22 January 1901)
• His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Cornwall and York (22 January–9 November 1901)
• His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Wales (9 November 1901–6 May 1910)
• His Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall (in Scotland "His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Duke of Rothesay") (6 May 1910–2 June 1910)
• His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (in Scotland "His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Duke of Rothesay") (2 June 1910–20 January 1936)
• His Majesty The King (20 January 1936–11 December 1936)
• His Royal Highness The Prince Edward (11 December 1936–12 December 1936 / 8 March 1937)
• His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor (12 December 1936 / 8 March 1937–28 May 1972)
• His Excellency The Governor of the Bahamas, (18 August 1940 / 28 July 1945).