Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès was a French writer, most famous for her memoirs. She was the wife of French general 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
Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès
…Duchess of Abrantès (née Permon; 6 November 1784 – 7 June 1838) was a French writer, most famous for her memoirs. She was the wife of French general Jean-Andoche Junot. Laure was born as Laure Adélaïde Constance Permon at Montpellier, the daughter of Charles Martin de Permon, and his wife Laure Marie "Panoria" Stefanopoli…
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)