Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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British Army officer Prime Minister of the United Kingdom duke human peer of the United Kingdom statesman

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British military leader and statesman best known for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and later serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Label Occurrences
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington canonical 89
Duke of Wellington 44
Arthur Wellesley 20

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
duke ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
allegiance British Army ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Wellington, Somerset ⓘ
birthDate 1769-05-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
conflict Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1852-09-14 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Walmer Castle ⓘ
education Eton College ⓘ
Royal Academy of Equitation in Angers ⓘ
familyName Wellesley ⓘ
father William Wellesley-Pole ⓘ
surface form: Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington
givenName Arthur ⓘ
honor Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Garter

Prince of Waterloo ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy considered one of Britain’s greatest military commanders ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George IV

William IV ⓘ
mother Anne Hill-Trevor ⓘ
nickname The Iron Duke ⓘ
nobleTitle Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Wellington
notableBattle Battle of Assaye ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Talavera ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
notableWork defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
ordinalOfTitle Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Duke of Wellington
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Tory Party
positionHeld Ambassador to France ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Forces

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Warden of the Cinque Ports ⓘ
surface form: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
secondTermEndAsPrimeMinister 1834 ⓘ
secondTermStartAsPrimeMinister 1834 ⓘ
sibling Lord Wellesley ⓘ
surface form: Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
spouse Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington ⓘ
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1830 ⓘ
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1828 ⓘ

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Napoleonic Wars → significantCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Eton College → alumnus → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Hundred Days → keyLeaderOnCoalitionSide → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → influenced → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne → precededByAsPrimeMinister → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne → succeededByAsPrimeMinister → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Treaty of Paris (1815) → occupationForcesCommandedBy → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Battle of Waterloo → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Battle of Waterloo → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo → CoalitionCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Wellington College → namedAfter → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Wellington College → hasMilitaryAssociation → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Board of Ordnance → notableOfficeHolder → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Wellington Pier → hasNameOrigin → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington (likely namesake)
War of the Sixth Coalition → keyCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Lord Raglan → servedUnder → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → partnerInAlliance → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Congress of Vienna → keyFigure → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → nobleTitle → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → ordinalOfTitle → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Duke of Wellington
War of the Seventh Coalition → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
King’s College London → founder → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Talavera → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley
Battle of Talavera → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Arthur Wellesley
Battle of Salamanca → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca → commanderSide → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Allied)
Battle of Vitoria → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria → alliedCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria → associatedWith → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Quatre Bras → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Quatre Bras → opponentCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Quatre Bras → commanderSide → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington – Anglo-Allied forces
Stratfieldsaye House → associatedWith → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
subject surface form: Stratfield Saye House
Stratfieldsaye House → ownedBy → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
subject surface form: Stratfield Saye House
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Stratfieldsaye House → grantedTo → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
subject surface form: Stratfield Saye House
Stratfieldsaye House → hasAssociatedTitle → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
subject surface form: Stratfield Saye House
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Lord Liverpool ministry → notableMember → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) → officeHolder → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Waterloo Campaign → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Lord Wellesley → sibling → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Battle of Wavre → associatedCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
William Wellesley-Pole → sibling → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
William Wellesley-Pole → relative → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Wellington Mara → namedAfter → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Treaty of Bassein (1802) → mainProponent → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley
Battle of Assaye → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley
Battle of Assaye → notableCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley
Battle of Assaye → laterTitleOfCommander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Wellington
Wellington Arch → namedAfter → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Anglo-Maratha Wars → commandedBy → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Wellesley