Jean-Andoche Junot
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Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantès was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for leading the French invasion of Portugal in
Junot as a sergeant of the grenadiers of the 2nd Côte-d'Or Battalion in 1792, by Félix Philippoteaux (1834)
Junot leading his troops against the Ottomans near Nazareth, in The Combat of Nazareth by Antoine-Jean Gros (1801)
Coin bearing Junot's profile
Junot protecting the city of Lisbon, allegory by Domingos Sequeira (1808)
Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès was a French writer, most famous for her memoirs. She was the wife of French general Jean-Andoche Junot.
Jean-Andoche Junot
…and met Horatio Nelson. Junot only arrived in France on 14 June 1800, the day of Bonaparte's victory at the Battle of Marengo. That year, Junot married Laure Martin de Permond, a long-time friend of the Bonapartes. Napoleon paid for most of the wedding expenses, provided a dowry for Laure, and gave lavish gifts to the young…
Laure Junot