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Arþur Wellesley Forma Heretoga of Wellingatūne ( 1769 –  1852) wæs wiga and rīcesman mid hēastum lofe on wælfelde.  He feahtde swa heretoga on Indie and in Europan oð his mærste sige be Waterloo wiþ Napoleon Cāsere on  1815

Wellingatūn wæs Forma Þegn þæs Geānedan Cynerīces tūwa.

In Difelin on īrum wæs Wellesley geboren and his cynn wæs of þæm 'Oncwedendan Ascendancy'. He fang þæs cyninges gewrit swa hereþegn in 1787 and wæs gecoren swa Witenagemōtes Gegilda in þæm Īriscan Ceorlahūse.

He wæs fyrdstefnþegn in 1796 and wæs in æscþræcce in þæm Niðerlandum and in Indie. On Indeum bēad he his here in þæm Fēowerþ Gewinn between Brettum and Mysore æt sæcce be Seringapatam þærin feall Tipu Sultan, Mysores grim brego. In his sige weard Arþur Wellesley in 1799 Ealdorman of Seringapatam and of Mysore.  In 1803, þan wæs he heresealdor, he gewonne micel sige wiþ þæm Maratha Geþoftscipe æt þære Beadwe be Assaye.

Wellesley seglode eft on Brettas æfter Assaye þe he þegne in þæm gewinne wiþ Napoleone. He adrāf  Francas of Portugale and of Yspanie in þære Nǣsgūþe. In 1813 æfter Vittoria Beadwe wæs he asteald feldsteallere, and in 1814 onswōg he Francland and þær nām he Tolosan þære burg.

Æfter þe Napoleon wæs adrifon on wræcce in Elban in 1814, se Æþeling Ricend geaf Wellesley ārnaman 'Heretoga of Wellingatūne' and asceop hine Sand to Franclande. In þæm Hundred Dagum in 1815 bēad Wellingatūn þone here se stōd wið Napoleon and, ætgædre mid Prēossiscan Here þærof wæs Blücher heretoga, he gewonn micel sige ofer Napoleon be Waterloo.

In his ylde feahte Wellingatune in siextig feohtum. Man secgþ þe he is onmang stære mæstum heretogan.

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