Duke of Victoria

Duke of Victoria Duque da Vitória
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

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]}