Wallis Simpson
1896 to 1986
7 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Wallis Simpson across 7 places, from 1896 to 1986. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (former King Edward VIII).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Wallis Simpson was documented, and when
19 June 1896exact date
Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvaniaattested
“An only child, Bessie Wallis (sometimes written "Bessiewallis") Warfield was born on June 19, 1896, in Square Cottage at Monterey Inn, a hotel directly across the road from the Monterey Country Club in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania.”
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17 April 1910exact date
Marylandattested
“On April 17, 1910, Wallis was confirmed at Christ Episcopal Church, Baltimore, and between 1912 and 1914 her uncle paid for her to attend Oldfields School, the most expensive girls' school in Maryland.”
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1929year
United Statesattested
“In 1929, Wallis sailed back to the United States to visit her sick mother, who had married legal clerk Charles Gordon Allen after the death of Rasin.”
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1972year
Buckingham Palaceattested
“Upon Edward's death from throat cancer in 1972, Wallis traveled to the United Kingdom to attend his funeral, staying at Buckingham Palace during her visit.”
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1972year
United Kingdomattested
“Upon Edward's death from throat cancer in 1972, Wallis traveled to the United Kingdom to attend his funeral, staying at Buckingham Palace during her visit.”
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24 April 1986exact date
4 route du Champ d'Entraînementattested
“Wallis died on April 24, 1986, at her home at 4 route du Champ d'Entraînement in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, at the age of 89 from bronchial pneumonia.”
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24 April 1986exact date
Bois de Boulogneattested
“Wallis died on April 24, 1986, at her home at 4 route du Champ d'Entraînement in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, at the age of 89 from bronchial pneumonia.”
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Places Wallis Simpson is documented in
Buckingham Palace1 presence · 1972United Kingdom1 presence · 1972United States1 presence · 1929
4 route du Champ d'Entraînement1 presence · 1986
Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania1 presence · 1896
Bois de Boulogne1 presence · 1986
Maryland1 presence · 1910
Other places tied to Wallis Simpson in the record
In each of these, a source puts Wallis Simpson and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Wallis Simpson was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
April 1916month
Pensacola, Floridamentioned
“A later biographer wrote of her, "Though Wallis's jaw was too heavy for her to be counted beautiful, her fine violet-blue eyes and petite figure, quick wits, vitality, and capacity for total concentration on her interlocutor ensured that…”
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8 November 1916exact date
Baltimorementioned
“The couple married on November 8, 1916, at Christ Episcopal Church in Baltimore, which had been Wallis's parish.”
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1917 to 1921period
San Diegomentioned
“After the United States entered the First World War in 1917, Spencer was posted to San Diego as the first commanding officer of a training base in Coronado, known as Naval Air Station North Island; they remained there until 1921.”
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1917 to 1921period
Coronado, Californiamentioned
“After the United States entered the First World War in 1917, Spencer was posted to San Diego as the first commanding officer of a training base in Coronado, known as Naval Air Station North Island; they remained there until 1921.”
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1920year
San Diegomentioned
“In 1920, Edward, Prince of Wales, visited San Diego, but he and Wallis did not meet.”
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January 1924month
Parismentioned
“In January 1924, she visited Paris with her recently widowed cousin Corinne Mustin, before sailing to the Far East aboard a troop carrier, .”
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September 1925month
United Statesmentioned
“By September 1925, she and her husband were back in the United States, though living apart.”
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21 July 1928exact date
Chelsea, Londonmentioned
“He divorced his first wife, Dorothea (by whom he had a daughter, Audrey), to marry Wallis on July 21, 1928, at the Register Office in Chelsea, London.”
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10 January 1931exact date
Burrough Courtmentioned
“On January 10, 1931, Lady Furness introduced Wallis to Edward at Burrough Court, near Melton Mowbray.”
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10 January 1931exact date
Melton Mowbraymentioned
“On January 10, 1931, Lady Furness introduced Wallis to Edward at Burrough Court, near Melton Mowbray.”
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January 1934month
New York Citymentioned
“In January 1934, while Lady Furness was away in New York City, Wallis allegedly became Edward's mistress.”
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20 January 1936exact date
Sandringham Housementioned
“On January 20, 1936, George V died at Sandringham and Edward ascended the throne as EdwardVIII.”
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1937year
Berghof (residence)mentioned
“In 1937, they made a high-profile visit to Germany and met Adolf Hitler at the Berghof, his Berchtesgaden retreat.”
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1937year
Germanymentioned
“In 1937, they made a high-profile visit to Germany and met Adolf Hitler at the Berghof, his Berchtesgaden retreat.”
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4 May 1937exact date
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1965year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Andrei Tarkovsky4 route du Champ d'Entraînement · 1986Marcel Dassault4 route du Champ d'Entraînement · 1986Federico García LorcaUnited States · 1929J. Edgar HooverUnited States · 1929Emile BerlinerUnited States · 1929Erwin PanofskyUnited States · 1929Bob MarleyRidgmount Gardens · 1972Zaha HadidRidgmount Gardens · 1972Jeff BeckRidgmount Gardens · 1972Jerome BrunerRidgmount Gardens · 1972Shirley BasseyRidgmount Gardens · 1972Eileen GrayRidgmount Gardens · 1972
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
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Sources
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