Editing Prince (section)

==== Spain, France and Netherlands ====
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[[File:Duke of Wellington Arms.svg|thumb|115px|Coat of arms of the [[Prince of Waterloo|princes of Waterloo]] (the Netherlands).]]
In other cases, such titular princedoms are created in chief of an event, such as a treaty or a victory. Examples include:
* The Spanish minister [[Manuel Godoy]] was created ''Principe de la Paz'' ("Prince of Peace") by his king for negotiating the 1795 double peace treaty of Basilea, by which the revolutionary French republic made peace with Prussia and with Spain.
* The triumphant generals who led their troops to victory often received a [[victory title]] from Napoleon, both princely and ducal.
* King [[William I of the Netherlands]] bestowed the [[victory title]] of [[Prince of Waterloo]] upon [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington]] after his defeat of [[Napoleon I Bonaparte]] at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]] in 1815.
* [[Joseph Bonaparte]] conferred the title "Prince of Spain" to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren in the male and female line.