Question: What key details about edward viii can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: edward viii -lrb- edward albert christian george andrew patrick david ; 23 june 1894 -- 28 may 1972 -rrb- was king of the united kingdom and the dominions of the british empire , and emperor of india , from 20 january 1936 until his abdication on 11 december the same year . edward was the eldest son of king george v and queen mary . he was created prince of wales on his sixteenth birthday , nine weeks after his father succeeded as king . as a young man , he served in the british armed forces during world war i and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father . edward became king on his father 's death in early 1936 . he showed impatience with court protocol , and caused concern among politicians by his apparent disregard for established constitutional conventions . only months into his reign , he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to wallis simpson , an american who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second . the prime ministers of the united kingdom and the dominions opposed the marriage , arguing that the people would never accept a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands as queen consort . additionally , such a marriage would have conflicted with edward 's status as the titular head of the church of england , which at the time opposed the remarriage of divorced people if their former spouses were still alive . edward knew that the british government , led by prime minister stanley baldwin , would resign if the marriage went ahead , which could have forced a general election and would ruin his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch . choosing not to end his relationship with simpson , edward abdicated . he was succeeded by his younger brother albert , who chose the regnal name george vi . with a reign of 326 days , edward was one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in british history . after his abdication , he was created duke of windsor . he married simpson in france on 3 june 1937 , after her second divorce became final . later...
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- regent is '' see list ''- mother is mary of teck- predecessor is george v- house is house of windsor- birth date is 23 june 1894- alt is edward is clean-shaven and in military uniform- caption is edward in 1919- succession is king , emperor of india of the united kingdom and the british dominions- reign is 20 1936 january 1936 & nbsp ; -- 11 december- spouse is wallis warfield- death date is 28 may 1972 -lrb- aged 77 -rrb-- father is george v- name is edward viii- death place is 4 , france route du champ d'entrainement , neuilly-sur-seine , paris- moretext is -lrb- more ... -rrb-- birth place is white lodge , richmond , surrey , united kingdom- signature is edwardsig.svg- successor is george vi- image is hrh -rrb- . jpg the prince of wales no 4 -lrb- hs85-10-36416- religion is anglican