Who was the Duchess of Windsor?
19th June 2020
Bessie Wallis Warfield – more commonly
known as Wallis – was born 19 June 1896 in Blue Ridge Summit,
Pennsylvania, to Teackle Wallis Warfield and Alice Montague. Wallis
grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father died shortly after her
birth from tuberculosis which left Wallis and her widowed mother
partly supported by their wealthier relatives. In November 1916,
Wallis married U.S.