| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The name became particularly popular in Britain in the 19th century, partly in honour of Arthur Wellesley (1769???1852), Duke of Wellington, the victor of Waterloo, partly because of the popularity of Tennyson???s Idylls of the King (1859???85), and partly because of the enormous Victorian interest in things medieval in general and in Arthurian legend in particular.
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