Wallis, Duchess of Windsor

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (June 19 1896–April 24, 1986), formerly Wallis Simpson, was the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. The King's desire to marry Wallis, an American and twice divorced, caused a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom, which ultimately led to his abdication.

Life

Bessie Wallis Warfield was born in Square Cottage at Monterey Inn, a resort hotel in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The inn is extant. She was the only child of Teackle Wallis Warfield and his wife, Alice Warfield née Montague. She was born seven months after their wedding, though some sources state that she was born before her parents' marriage. She was christened Bessie Wallis (Bessiewallis according to some sources), in honor of her father and her mother's sister, but was generally known as Wallis. Her father died of tuberculosis when she was five months old. She was raised in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Blue Ridge Summit - Pennsylvania - United States of America - Tuberculosis - Baltimore - Maryland

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