Wallis Simpson
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![Wallis Warfield in about 1915 when she lived in Baltimore](/Images/godic/202502/20/Wallis_Warfield_circa_19150331.jpg")
![In 1924, Wallis travelled to China on USS Chaumont (AP-5) (pictured here in Shanghai in 1937).](/Images/godic/202502/20/USS_Chaumont_AP-5_off_Shanghai_19370331.jpg")
![The Prince of Wales and Wallis in Kitzbühel, Austria, February 1935](/Images/godic/202502/20/Wallis_Simpson_and_Prince_19350331.jpg")
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (previously Wallis Simpson and Wallis Spencer, born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1896 – 24 April 1986) was an American socialite. Her third husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, abdicated his throne to marry her.