George married, on 29 November, 1934, at Westminster Abbey, and again – by Greek Orthodox rites – on the same day at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace:
Marina
She was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark by Helen Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, and she was born on 30 November or 13 December, 1906, at Athens, Greece. She died on 27 August, 1968, at Kensington Palace, London, of a brain tumour, and was buried in the Kent Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick
He was born on 9 October, 1935, at 3, Belgrave Square, London. He succeeded his father as Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick on 25 August, 1942.
Edward married, on 8 June, 1961, at York Minster:
Katharine Lucy Mary
She is the daughter of Sir William Arthrington Worsley, Bt., of Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, by Joyce Morgan, daughter of Sir John Fowler Brunner, Bt., and she was born on 22 February, 1933, at Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire.
Issue of marriage:
(a)
George Philip Nicholas.
Born on 26 June, 1962, at Coppins, Iver, Bucks., and has been styled Earl of St Andrews from birth. Married on 9 January, 1988, at Leith Register Office, Edinburgh:
Sylvana Palma.
She is the daughter of Max Tomaselli and Josiane Demers, and was born on 28 May, 1957, at Placentia, Newfoundland, Canada, and has issue: 1 Edward, Baron Downpatrick; born on 2 December, 1988. 2 Marina Charlotte; born on 30 September, 1992. 3 Amelia, born on 24 August, 1995.
(b)
Helen Marina Lucy.
Born on 28 April, 1964, at Coppins, Iver, Bucks., and is styled Lady Helen Taylor. Married in 1992 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Timothy Taylor and has issue: 1 Columbus (
b
.1994). 2 Cassius (
b
.1996).
(c)
Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan.
Born on 25 July, 1970, at University College Hospital, London, and is styled Lord Nicholas Windsor.
(d)
Stillborn child.
Born on 5 October, 1977, at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Marylebone, London.
(ii)
Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel
She was born on 25 December, 1936, at 3, Belgrave Square, London. She married Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (
b
.1928) on 24 April, 1963, at Westminster Abbey, and has issue: 1 James Robert Bruce (
b
.1964); married to Julia (
b
.1965), daughter of Charles Rawlinson, and has issue. 2 Marina Victoria Alexandra (
b
.1966); married to Paul Mowatt (
b
.1962), and has issue; divorced 1997.
(iii)
Michael George Charles Franklin
He was born on 4 July, 1942, at Coppins, Iver, Bucks.
Michael married, on 30 June, 1978, at a civil ceremony at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria (and in so doing renounced his place in the succession, as his bride is a Roman Catholic):
Marie Christine Anne Agnes Hedwig Ida
She is the daughter of Baron Gunther Hubertus von Reibnitz by Marianne, Countess Szapary, and she was born on 15 January, 1945, at Karlsbad, Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia). She married firstly Thomas Troubridge (
b.
1939) on 14 September, 1971, at Chelsea Old Church, London, but this marriage was formally annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in May, 1978, on undisclosed grounds.
Issue of marriage:
(a)
Frederick Michael George David Louis
He was born on 6 April, 1979, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and is known as Lord Frederick Windsor.
(b)
Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia
She was born on 23 April, 1981, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and is known as Lady Gabriella Windsor.
6 John Charles Francis
He was born on 12 July, 1905, at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk. An epileptic who was kept away from the public eye, he died on 18 January, 1919, at Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, and was buried in Sandringham Church, Norfolk.
GEORGE V
He died on 20 January, 1936, at Sandringham House, Norfolk, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
He was succeeded by his son Edward.
Edward VIII
FATHER: George V(
MOTHER: Mary of Teck(
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EDWARD VIII
Baptised Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, he was born on 23 June, 1894, at White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey. He became Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles and Baron Renfrew upon his father’s accession to the throne on 6 May, 1910. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 23 June, 1910, and was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on the same day, being invested as such on 13 July, 1911, at Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He was made a Knight of the Bath in January, 1936. He succeeded his father as King of Great Britain and Emperor of India on 20 January, 1936. He was never crowned. He abdicated on 11 December, 1936, because he wished to marry a twice-divorced woman, the American Mrs Simpson (
Edward VIII married, after his Abdication, on 3 June, 1937, at Château de Candé, Maine-et-Loire, France:
Bessie Wallis
Known as Wallis, she was the daughter of Teackle Wallis Warfield by Alice M. Montague, and she was born on 19 June, 1896, at Square Cottage, the Monterey Inn, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. She married firstly Earl Winfield Spencer (1888–1950) on 8 November, 1916, at the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.; they were divorced on 10 December, 1927. She married secondly Ernest Aldrich Simpson of New York ( d.1958) on 21 July, 1928, at Chelsea Register Office, London; they were divorced on 27 October, 1936. She resumed her maiden name of Warfield on 7 May, 1937, by Deed Poll. Her marriage to the Duke of Windsor has been seen by some as morganatic (i.e. in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772), but this was not so; neither did the fact that she was deprived of the style Her Royal Highness by George VI’s Letters Patent of March, 1937, have any basis in law. She died on 24 April, 1986, at her house in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, and was buried at Frogmore, Windsor. There was no issue of any of her marriages.