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Duque de Wellington, derivado de Wellington, em Somerset, é um título hereditário e o ducado mais antigo do Pariato do Reino Unido. O primeiro detentor do título foi Arthur Wellesley, 1° Duque de Wellington , ( 1769 – 1852 ), o famoso general e estadista britânico - nascido na Irlanda - que, juntamente com Blücher , derrotou Napoleão ...
Arthur Colley Wellesley, 1.º Duque de Wellington, KG GCB GCH PC FRS (Dublin, 1 de maio de 1769 — Castelo de Walmer, 14 de setembro de 1852) foi um marechal e político britânico, primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido por duas vezes.
Le duc de Wellington est un titre dans la pairie du Royaume-Uni. Il a été créé en 1814 pour Arthur Wellesley, le futur vainqueur de la bataille de Waterloo, d'après la ville de Wellington dans le Somerset . L'actuel porteur du titre porte aussi les titres de marquis de Wellington (créé en 1812 ), marquis Douro (ou marquis du Douro 1 ...
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
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The titles of Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro were bestowed upon Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington, on 3 May 1814 after he returned home a hero following Napoleon's abdication. He fought some sixty battles during his military career. He was considered "the conqueror of Napoleon". He stands as one of the finest soldiers that Great B...
Should the direct male line of succession from the first Duke of Wellington become extinct, the dukedom and its subsidiary titles in the British peerage will become extinct, as will the titles of Prince of Waterloo in the Dutch peerage and the dukedom of the Victory and its subsidiary titles in the Portuguese peerage. The dukedom of Ciudad Rodrigo ...
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1. Cokayne, G.E. (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, vol. IX (new, reprint in 6 volumes ed.), Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, p. 235
El duque de Wellington está considerado como uno de los héroes más aclamados de la historia del Reino Unido. Su fama iguala o incluso supera a figuras tan conocidas como el vicealmirante Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill o el también mariscal de campo Bernard Montgomery.
Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, KG, PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician.
