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.

Titles from birth to death

These are the titles that the Duchess of Windsor bore, in chronological order:

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• Miss Bessiewallis Warfield (birth - 1916)
• Mrs Earl Spencer (1916 - 1927)
• Mrs. Warfield Spencer (1927 - 1928)(American social custom for women linked the maiden and married names)
• Mrs. Ernest Aldrich Simpson (1928 - 1936)
• Mrs. Wallis Simpson (1936 - 1937)
• Mrs. Wallis Warfield (1937) (she re-adopted her maiden name by deed poll prior to the wedding)
• Her Grace the Duchess of Windsor. (1937 - death)
• Her Excellency Wallis Windsor, (18 August 1940 - 28 July 1945). (as the wife of the Governor of a Crown Colony she was technically entitled to the style).