Editing Prince of Waterloo (section)

{{Short description|A title in Dutch and Belgian nobility}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Prince of Waterloo<br />''Prins van Waterloo''<br />''Prince de Waterloo''
| image             = [[File:Wellesley wapen.svg|240px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = Arms of the Dukes of Wellington as Prince of Waterloo.
| creation_date     = 8 July 1815 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[King William I of the Netherlands|King William I]] 
| peerage           = [[Dutch nobility|Dutch]] and [[Belgian nobility]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = [[Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington]] 
| heir_apparent     = [[Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington]] 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the 1st Duke's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| status            =  
| extinction_date   =  
| family_seat       =  
| former_seat       =  
| motto             = ''Virtutis Fortuna Comes'' 
| footnotes         =  
}}
'''Prince of Waterloo''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Prins van Waterloo'', [[French language|French]]: ''Prince de Waterloo'') is a title in the [[Dutch nobility|Dutch]] and [[Belgian nobility]], held by the [[Duke of Wellington (title)|Duke of Wellington]]. The title was created by [[King William I of the Netherlands]] for [[Field Marshal]] [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] as a [[victory title]] in recognition of defeating [[Napoleon]] at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] in 1815. The Duke of Wellington and all his descendants along the male line belong to Dutch and Belgian nobility, in which all the descendant dukes carry the title of "Prince of Waterloo" with the style "[[Serene Highness]]" ({{langx|nl|Doorluchtigheid}}). The rest of his family retain the Dutch [[honorific]] ''[[Jonkheer]]'' or ''Jonkvrouw''.