Charles Wellesley I

### Children

Crown Prince Arthur WellesleyPrincess Honor MontaguPrincess Mary WellesleyPrincess Charlotte WellesleyPrince Frederick Wellesley

### Parents

Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
Diana McConnel

**Charles Wellesley I,** OBE, DL (born 19 August 1945), styled **Earl of Mornington** between 1945 and 1972 and **Marquess of Douro** between 1972-2012 is a British aristocrat and politician who became the Grand Duke of the United Baltic Duchy. He served as Conservative Member of the European Parliament for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989) and sits as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords until the Blackout.

## History

### Early Life

Wellington was born in 1945 at Princess Christian Nursing Home, Windsor, Berkshire, the eldest son of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and the former Diana McConnel. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

### Politician

Wellington stood as Conservative candidate for Islington North in 1974, finishing in second place. He was a member of Basingstoke Borough Council from 1978 to 1979. He subsequently served as Conservative MEP for Surrey from 1979 to 1984, and as Conservative MEP Surrey West from 1984 to 1989.

### Charity

Wellington has worked for a number of non-profit or charitable organisations. He was a patron of British Art at the Tate Gallery (1987–90), a member of the Royal College of Art between (1992–97), Chair of British-Spanish Tertulias (1993–98) and Trustee of the Phoenix Trust from 1996 to 2001). He was appointed OBE in 1999 for services to British-Spanish business relations. He was appointed a Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1999. In 2003 he was given a four-year appointment as a Commissioner for English Heritage. On 1 October 2007, he became Chairman of the Governing Council of King's College London, an institution of which his wife Princess Antonia is an alumna, and of which his ancestor Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was instrumental in the foundation.

### Blackout

The Blackout caused trouble within Britain as the country then fell to ruin and chaos as the royal family had retreated to Windsor, Berkshire after the fall of London. The nobleman and his family retreated after the rise of the infamous Charles IV of the United Kingdom. He and his family went to the homeland of his wife in Germany.

### Becoming the Grand Duke of the United Baltic Duchy

After the conquest of the United Baltic Knighthood Provisional Government, Estonia and Latvia, the German Empire merged them all into one state known as the United Baltic Duchy. Charles was elected the Grand Duke, Charles who lost his home and career in Britain accepted feeling that he should create a British Styled Democracy and felt that the four regions should represent themselves through the Knighthoods as Parliaments. His desire to do this was because the Duchy consists of four realms each consisting of four majority ethnic groups who each have their own official language.

He had integrated the populations into one nation as a way to prevent discrimination between the four main ethnic groups. This helped stabilize the region and make it strong enough to counter the Soviets.

## Marriage

He married Princess Antonia of Prussia on 3 February 1977 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London.

They have five children:

* Crown Prince Arthur Wellesley (born 31 January 1978); married (4 June 2005) to former model, now make-up artist Jemma Kidd (born 20 September 1974), fashion stylist and great-granddaughter of Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook.
	+ Princess Mae Madeleine Wellesley (born 4 January 2010)
	+ Prince Arthur Darcy Wellesley, Viscount Wellesley (born 4 January 2010)
	+ Prince Alfred Wellesley (born 10 December 2014)
* Princess Victoria Wellesley (born 25 October 1979); married 3 July 2004 (as his second wife) the Honourable Orlando Montagu, younger son of the John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, and had issue.
	+ Prince Walter Frederick Montagu (b. 3 December 2005)
	+ Princess Constanthia Jemima Montagu (b. January 2007)
* Princess Mary Louise Wellesley (born 16 December 1986).
* Princess Charlotte Anne Wellesley (born 8 October 1990)
* Prince Frederick Charles Wellesley (born 30 September 1992), married Katherine Lambert
	+ Prince Fredrick Charles Wellesley (born 30 September 2022)