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{{Short description|Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}} {{For|the Duke of Windsor, only holder of the title|Edward VIII}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox nobility title | name = Dukedom of Windsor | image = [[File:Coat of Arms of Edward, Duke of Windsor.svg|180px]] | image_size = | alt = | caption = [[Edward VIII#Arms|Arms of the Duke of Windsor]] | creation_date = 8 March 1937 | creation = First | monarch = [[George VI]] | peerage = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] | baronetage = | first_holder = [[Edward VIII|Prince Edward]] | last_holder = [[Edward VIII|Prince Edward]] | present_holder = | heir_apparent = | heir_presumptive = | remainder_to = the 1st Duke's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten | subsidiary_titles = None | status = Extinct | extinction_date = | motto = | footnotes = }} '''Duke of Windsor''' was a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created on 8 March 1937 for the former monarch [[Edward VIII]], following his [[Abdication of Edward VIII|abdication]] on 11 December 1936. The [[Duchy|dukedom]] takes its name from [[Windsor, Berkshire|the town]] where [[Windsor Castle]], a residence of [[List of English monarchs|English monarchs]] since the time of [[Henry I of England|Henry I]], following the [[Norman Conquest]], is situated. [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] has been the house name of the [[British royal family|royal family]] since 1917.
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