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Windsor, Edward VIII Edward Albert Christian
- Date of birth:
- June 13th, 1894 (White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey)
- Date of death:
- May 28th, 1972 (4 Route du Champ d'Entraînement, Paris)
- Buried on:
- Frogmore Royal Burial Ground
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
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Order of the Garter
- Awarded on:
- 1910
Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro - Knight
- Rank:
- Midshipsman
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1912
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Rank:
- Midshipsman
- Awarded on:
- August 1912
Elefantordenen
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1914
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- 1914
Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- June 21st, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1915
Cross of St. George III class
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- May 16th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 2nd, 1917
The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1917
Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 1
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1919
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1920
Grand Commander of the Indian Empire (GCIE)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1922
Nishan al-Muhammad'Ali - Knight Grand Cordon
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1922
Kungliga Serafimerorden
- Rank:
- Group Captain
- Awarded on:
- November 12th, 1923
- Rank:
- Group Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1924
Collar to the Order of Merit
- Rank:
- Group Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1925
- Rank:
- Acting Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 12th, 1926
- Rank:
- Group Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1927
Banda das Duas Ordens
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1931
Order of the Condor of the Andes - Grand Cross
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- 1931
Order of the Sun of Peru - Grand Cross
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- 1931
Grã-Cruz del Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- 1933
Ordine Equestre di Sant'Agata - Cavaliere di gran croce
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Awarded on:
- 1935
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1936
Sources
- - King Edward VIII: A Biography (1991)
- Burke's Royal Families of the World, Burke's Peerage (1977), p. 311–312
- Hemeroteca Digital. Biblioteca Nacional de España
- Kongelig dansk Hof- og Statskalender 1933
- Calendario generale del regno d'Italia - Italy. Ministero dell interno
- Royal Thai Government Gazette, 19 August 1917,
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29608/supplement/5570
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29584/supplement/4935/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29623/supplement/5924/data.pdf
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