Duque da Vitória is a Portuguese title of nobility retained by the Duke of Wellington.

The title was created by Prince Regent John of Portugal

John VI of Portugal

John VI John VI John VI (full name: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael; (13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826) was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (later changed to just King of Portugal and the Algarves, after Brazil was recognized...

 (later King John VI) on 18 December 1812 to honour the British General Arthur Wellesley

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

, who was the general commander of the armies that eventually defeated the troops of Emperor

Emperor

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 Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

 in the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...

. It is the only time that a Portuguese dukedom was granted to a foreigner.

Arthur Wellesley had already received the Portuguese titles Conde de Vimeiro (Count of Vimeiro, 18 October 1811) and Marquês de Torres Vedras (Marquis of Torres Vedras, August 1812), which became subsidiary titles to that of Duque da Vitória. He also received the British peerage title

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

 Duke of Wellington, that in addition to other titles and honours from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, Spain

Spain

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 and Netherlands

Netherlands

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. All these titles were passed to his heirs until the present day.

Dukes of Vitória (1812- )

• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Vitória
  Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
  Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
  
   (1769–1852) since 1812
• Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Vitória
  Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
  Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG, PC , styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician...
  
   (1807–1884) since 1852
• Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Vitória
  Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
  Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington was the son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington....
  
   (1846–1900) since 1884
• Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Vitória
  Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington
  Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, KG, GCVO, GCTE, DL was a member of the well-known Wellesley family. He joined the military and served in the Household Division...
  
   (1849–1934) since 1900
• Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Vitória
  Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington
  Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington was the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, and Kathleen Bulkeley Williams....
  
   (1876–1941) since 1934
• Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Vitória
  Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington
  Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington was the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington and the Hon. Lilian Maud Glean Coats, daughter of Lord Glentaner. He was styled the Earl of Mornington between 1912 and 1934 and Marquess of Douro between 1934 and 1941...
  
   (1912–1943) since 1941
• Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Vitória
  Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington
  Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, KG , styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was a British diplomat, soldier, and architect....
  
   (1885–1972) since 1943
• Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Vitória (b. 1915) since 1972

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

Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington

Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington , is the son of Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, and after his father heir to the Dukedom of Wellington...

, whose heir apparent is his son Arthur Darcy Wellesley.