Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 - 28 May 1972) anali Mfumu ya United Kingdom ndi Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India kuyambira 20 January 1936 mpaka kuchotsedwa kwake mu December chaka chomwecho.

Edward adabadwa muulamuliro wa agogo ake aakazi a Mfumukazi Victoria ngati mwana wamkulu wa Duke ndi Duchess aku York, kenako Mfumu George V ndi Mfumukazi Mary. Adapangidwa Prince of Wales patsiku lake lobadwa la 16, patatha milungu isanu ndi iwiri kuchokera pamene abambo ake adakhala mfumu. Ali mnyamata, Edward adatumikira ku British Army panthawi ya nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse ndipo adayenda maulendo angapo akunja m'malo mwa abambo ake. Ali Prince of Wales, adachita zachiwerewere zomwe zidadetsa nkhawa abambo ake komanso nduna yayikulu yaku Britain Stanley Baldwin.

Bambo ake atamwalira mu 1936, Edward adakhala mfumu yachiwiri ya Nyumba ya Windsor. Mfumu yatsopanoyi inasonyeza kusaleza mtima ndi ndondomeko ya khoti, ndipo inachititsa nkhawa pakati pa andale chifukwa chooneka kuti sakulemekeza malamulo oyendetsera dziko lino. Patangotha ​​​​miyezi ingapo muulamuliro wake, vuto la malamulo linayambika chifukwa chofuna kukwatira Wallis Simpson, wa ku America yemwe adasudzula mwamuna wake woyamba ndipo akufuna chisudzulo kwa wachiwiri wake. Akuluakulu a ku United Kingdom ndi a Dominion adatsutsa ukwatiwo, ponena kuti mkazi wosudzulidwa ndi amuna awiri omwe analipo kale anali osavomerezeka pandale komanso pagulu ngati woyembekezera kukhala mfumukazi. Kuwonjezera apo, ukwati woterowo ukanakhala wotsutsana ndi udindo wa Edward monga mutu wa Tchalitchi cha England, chimene, panthaŵiyo, sichinkavomereza kukwatiranso pambuyo pa chisudzulo ngati mwamuna kapena mkazi wake wakale akadali ndi moyo. Edward adadziwa kuti boma la Baldwin lisiya ntchito ngati ukwatiwo ungapitirire, zomwe zikanakakamiza chisankho chachikulu ndipo zikanasokoneza udindo wake ngati mfumu yosalowerera ndale. Zikaonekeratu kuti sangakwatire Simpson ndikukhalabe pampando wachifumu, adakana. Anatsogoleredwa ndi mng'ono wake, George VI. Ndi ulamuliro wa masiku 326, Edward anali mfumu yaifupi yolamulira ku Britain mpaka pano malinga ndi maulamuliro omaliza.

Pambuyo pa kuchotsedwa kwake, Edward adalengedwa Mtsogoleri wa Windsor. Anakwatira Simpson ku France pa 3 June 1937, chisudzulo chake chachiwiri chitatha. Chakumapeto kwa chaka chimenecho, banjali linayendera dziko la Nazi ku Germany. Panthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, Edward poyamba anali ndi Military Mission ya Britain ku France, koma atamunamizira payekha kuti anali wachifundo cha Nazi, adasankhidwa kukhala Kazembe wa Bahamas. Nkhondo itatha, Edward anakhala moyo wake wonse ku France. Iye ndi Wallis adakwatirana mpaka imfa yake mu 1972.