Duke of Victoria

Dukedom of Victoria
Dukedom of Victoria
	; Arms of the Dukes of Wellington as Duke of Victoria.
Creation date	18 December 1812
Created by	Prince Regent John of Portugal (later King John VI)
Peerage	Peerage of Portugal
First holder	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington
Present holder	Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington
Heir apparent	Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington
Remainder to	the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Marquess of Torres Vedras; Count of Vimeiro;
	Show more

Duke of Victoria (Portuguese: Duque da Vitória, lit. 'Victorious duke, or Duke of the victory')^[1] is a Portuguese title of nobility retained by the Duke of Wellington.

The title was created by Prince Regent John of Portugal (later King John VI) on 18 December 1812 to honour the British General Arthur Wellesley, who commanded the armies that eventually defeated the troops of Emperor Napoleon I of France in the Peninsular War. It was the only grant of a Portuguese dukedom to a foreigner.^{[citation needed]}

Arthur Wellesley had already received the Portuguese titles Conde de Vimeiro (Count of Vimeiro, 18 October 1811) and Marquês de Torres Vedras (Marquess of Torres Vedras, 17 December 1812), which became titles subsidiary to that of Duque da Vitória. He also received the British peerage title Duke of Wellington, and other titles and honours from the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands. All these titles have been passed to his heirs to the present day.^{[citation needed]}

Dukes of Victoria since 1812

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Victoria (1769–1852) from 1812
Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Victoria (1807–1884) from 1852
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Victoria (1846–1900) from 1884
Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Victoria (1849–1934) from 1900 until 1934
Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Victoria (1876–1941) from 1934
Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Victoria (1912–1943) from 1941
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Victoria (1885–1972) from 1943
Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Victoria (1915–2014) from 1972
Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Victoria (b. 1945) since 2014

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Arthur Gerald Wellesley, whose heir apparent is his son Arthur Darcy Wellesley.

Family tree

Wellesley family tree: Dukes of Wellington, Victoria, and Ciudad Rodrigo, and Princes of Waterloo

Baron Mornington of Mornington, 1746

Richard Colley Wesley
1690–1758
1st Baron Mornington

Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley, of Dangan Castle in the County of Meath, 1760

Richard Colley Wesley
1735–1781
1st Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley,
2nd Baron Mornington

Baron Wellesley of Wellesley in the County of Somerset, 1797
Marquess Wellesley of Norragh, 1799

Baron Maryborough of Maryborough in the Queen's County, 1821

Viscount Wellington (UK), 1809
Count of Vimeiro (Portugal), 1811
Marquess of Wellington (UK), 1812
Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), 1812
Duke of Victoria and Marquess of Torres Vedras (Portugal), 1812
Duke of Wellington (UK) and Marquess Douro and Baron Douro (Portugal), 1814
Prince of Waterloo (Netherlands), 1815

Richard Wellesley
1760–1842
Marquess Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley, 3rd Baron Mornington, Baron Wellesley

William Wellesley-Pole
1763–1845
3rd Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley, 4th Baron Mornington, 1st Baron Maryborough

Arthur Wellesley
1769–1852
1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro

Marquessate Wellesley and Barony Wellesley extinct, 1842

William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley
1788–1857
4th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley, 5th Baron Mornington, 2nd Baron Maryborough

Arthur Richard Wellesley
1807–1884
2nd Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
6th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Lord Charles Wellesley
1808–1858

William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley
1813–1863
5th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley, 6th Baron Mornington, 3rd Baron Maryborough

Henry Wellesley
1846–1900
3rd Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
7th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Arthur Charles Wellesley
1849–1934
4th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
8th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Barony Maryborough extinct, 1863

Arthur Charles Wellesley
1876–1941
5th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
9th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Gerald Wellesley
1885–1972
7th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
8th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 10th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Anne Rhys
1910–1998
7th Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo

Henry Valerian George Wellesley
1912–1943
6th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
11th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Arthur Valerian Wellesley
1915–2014
8th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
9th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 12th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley
b. 1945
9th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro,
10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 13th Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley

Arthur Gerald Wellesley
styled Marquess of Douro
b. 1978

Arthur Darcy Wellesley
b. 2010
styled Earl of Mornington

Use of titles of nobility in the Portuguese Republic

With the end of the Portuguese monarchy in 1910, all titles of Portuguese nobility were initially abolished. Notwithstanding, although the status of nobility has not been recognised in law since 1910, legitimate titles of nobility (those granted by a reigning monarch before 5 October 1910) have been given legal recognition and protection, including under article 26 of the Portuguese Constitution, in conjunction with articles 70 and 72 of the Civil Code, as established by decision of Portugal's Supreme Court of Justice in 2014.^[2]

References

^ "Issue 21388". London Gazette. 6 December 1852. pp. 3563, 3564.
^ Judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice - website Instituto de Gestão Financeira e Equipamentos da Justiça (IGFEJ) of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice

[Gazette-1852-1] "Issue 21388". London Gazette. 6 December 1852. pp. 3563, 3564.

[2] Judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice - website Instituto de Gestão Financeira e Equipamentos da Justiça (IGFEJ) of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice

[1]

[2]

Duke of Victoria

Hub talks

Duke of Victoria

Duke of Victoria

Hub rules

Duke of Victoria

Hub overview

Add your contribution

Inside this hub

Media Collections

Timelines

Articles

Notes collections

Notes

Days in Chronicle

Root Wikipedia Article

Duke of Victoria

Key Information

Dukes of Victoria since 1812

Family tree

Use of titles of nobility in the Portuguese Republic

See also

References

Add your contribution

Related Hubs

Dukedom of Victoria
Arms of the Dukes of Wellington as Duke of Victoria.
Creation date	18 December 1812
Created by	Prince Regent John of Portugal (later King John VI)
Peerage	Peerage of Portugal
First holder	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington
Present holder	Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington
Heir apparent	Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington
Remainder to	the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Marquess of Torres Vedras Count of Vimeiro