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{{Short description|French general (1771â1813)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jean-Andoche Junot | honorific_suffix = [[Duke of AbrantĂšs]] | successor1 = [[Pierre-Augustin Hulin]] | branch = [[French Army|Army]] | allegiance = {{flagicon image|Flag of France (1790-1794).svg}} [[Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI|Kingdom of France]]<br>{{flag|First French Republic}}<br>{{flag|First French Empire}} | image = Junot, par Appiani.png | caption = Portrait by [[Andrea Appiani]], {{circa|1797}} | death_place = [[Montbard]], [[CĂŽte-d'Or]], [[First French Empire|French Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1813|7|29|1771|9|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bussy-le-Grand]], [[Burgundy]], [[Kingdom of France]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1771|9|25|df=y}} | predecessor1 = Joachim Murat | successor = [[Joachim Murat]] | predecessor = [[Ădouard Mortier]] | monarch = [[Napoleon I]] | term1 = 1806â1807 | term = 1803â1804 | office = [[Military governor of Paris|Military Governor of Paris]] | commands = Army of Portugal<br>[[III Corps (Grande ArmĂ©e)|III Corps]]<br>[[VIII Corps (Grande ArmĂ©e)|VIII Corps]] | battles = {{Tree list}} {{Collapsible list | title = ''See list:'' | * [[French Revolutionary Wars]] ** [[War of the First Coalition]] *** [[Siege of Toulon]] ** [[War of the Second Coalition]] *** [[Battle of Lonato]] ** [[War of the Third Coalition]] *** [[Battle of Austerlitz]] * [[Napoleonic Wars]] ** [[Peninsular War]] *** [[Invasion of Portugal (1807)]] *** [[Battle of Vimeiro]] *** [[Siege of Astorga]] *** [[Battle of Sobral]] ** [[French invasion of Russia]] *** [[Battle of Smolensk]] *** [[Battle of Borodino]] }} {{Tree list/end}} | serviceyears = 1791â1813 | rank = [[General of division]] | nickname = La TempĂȘte (âThe Tempestâ) }} '''Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantes''' ({{IPA|fr|ÊÉÌ.nâżÉÌdÉÊ Êyno}}; 25 September 1771 â 29 July 1813) 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 1807. ==Early life and education== Junot was born into a [[bourgeois]] family in [[Bussy-le-Grand]], [[Burgundy]], on 25 September 1771.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ir ead visu lien |url=https://archives.cotedor.fr/v2/ad21/visualiseur/ir_ead_visu_lien.html?ir=26564&id=778734288 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=archives.cotedor.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=FN>{{cite book|chapter=JUNOT, Andoche, duc dâAbrantĂšs (1771â1813), gĂ©nĂ©ral|title=Dictionnaire NapolĂ©on|year=1987|last=Garnier|first=Jacques|publisher=[[Ăditions Fayard]]|url=https://www.napoleon.org/histoire-des-2-empires/biographies/junot-andoche-duc-dabrantes-1771-1813-general/}}</ref> He was the fifth son of Michel Junot (1739â1814) and Marie Antoinette BienaymĂ© (1735â1806). He first attended school in [[Montbard]], then in [[ChĂątillon-sur-Seine|ChĂątillon]], where be befriended [[Auguste de Marmont]], then studied law in [[Dijon]].<ref name=":1" /> At the start of the [[French Revolution]], he was working as a law clerk in Chaumont.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jolibois |first=Ămile (1813-1894) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65228841/f286.image.r=junot?rk=67189172;4 |title=Histoire de la ville de Chaumont (Haute-Marne)... par Ămile Jolibois... |date=1856 |language=EN}}</ref> Junot embraced the revolutionary cause, and was present at the ''[[FĂȘte de la FĂ©dĂ©ration]]'' in [[Paris]] on 14 July 1790.<ref name="Dubief">{{cite web |last1=Dubief |first1=Sylvian |title=Le gĂ©nĂ©ral Junot en Egypte |url=https://www.napoleon.org/histoire-des-2-empires/articles/le-general-junot-en-egypte/ |website=napoleon.org |publisher=Foundation Napoleon |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> ==Early career== [[File:General Jean Andoche Junot.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Junot as a sergeant of the grenadiers of the 2nd CĂŽte-d'Or Battalion in 1792, by [[Henri FĂ©lix Emmanuel Philippoteaux|FĂ©lix Philippoteaux]] (1834)]] On 9 July 1791, Junot was one of the founding members of his hometown's [[National Guard (France)|National Guard]], serving as captain of its 1st company.<ref name="Dubief"/> Later that year he enlisted as a [[grenadier]] in the 2nd Battalion of Volunteers of [[CĂŽte-d'Or]].<ref name="Six">{{cite encyclopedia |title=JUNOT, duc d'ABRANTĂS (Jean-Andoche) |encyclopedia=Dictionnaire biographique des gĂ©nĂ©raux et amiraux français de la RĂ©volution et de l'Empire : 1792â1814 |volume=1 |first=Georges |last=Six |location=Paris |publisher=Librairie Historique et Nobilaire |date=1934 |pages=611â612 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k33369055/f635.item.texteImage |language=fr}}</ref> At the start of the [[War of the First Coalition]], Junot was sent to the [[Army of the North (France)|Army of the North]], receiving the first of many battle wounds at {{ill|La Glisuelle|fr|Combat de La Glisuelle}} on 11 June 1792.<ref name="Six"/> He was soon promoted to [[sergeant]], and was again injured on 16 May 1793 while serving in the [[Army of the Rhine]].<ref name="Six"/> During this time, Junot's comrades gave him the nickname "the Tempest" (''la TempĂȘte'').<ref name="Dubief"/><ref name=FN/> Junot first met then-captain [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] at the [[Siege of Toulon]], in late 1793: Bonaparte required a man with good handwriting to write a letter for him, which Junot volunteered to do, and made a lasting impression with his witty jokes after being narrowly missed by a cannonball.<ref name=FN/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Las Cases |first=Emmanuel-Auguste-DieudonnĂ© |title=Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. I) |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/53967/pg53967-images.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.gutenberg.org/ |language=en}}</ref> After the siege, Bonaparte was made a general and Junot joined him as his [[aide-de-camp]].<ref name=FN/> However, due to his connections to [[Augustin Robespierre]], Bonaparte lost his position and was briefly placed under house arrest. Junot and Auguste de Marmont offered to break him out, which the general declined, but went to them for assistance after his release. Junot, Marmont and Bonaparte, all temporarily unemployed, lived together in a rented room in Paris.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Marmont |first=Auguste FrĂ©dĂ©ric Louis Viesse de |url=https://archive.org/details/mmoiresdumarchal27427gut |title=MĂ©moires du marĂ©chal Marmont, duc de Raguse (1/9) |others=Project Gutenberg}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=AbrantĂšs |first=Laure Junot |url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofmadamej01abra |title=Memoirs of Madame Junot (Duchesse D'AbrantĂšs) |date=1895 |publisher=Paris ; Boston : Napoleon Society |others=University of California Libraries}}</ref> In 1795 Junot participated in the suppression of the Royalist revolt of [[13 VendĂ©miaire]] under Bonaparte, then followed him to the [[Army of Italy (France)|Army of Italy]].<ref name=FN/> Junot served in the [[Montenotte campaign]] of April 1796, distinguishing himself at the [[Battle of Millesimo]], for which he received the rank of colonel and the honor of delivering to the [[French Directory|Directory]] the first standards captured in the [[Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars|Italian campaigns]].<ref name="Six"/> He again distinguished himself at [[Battle of Lonato]], where he killed six enemy soldiers in hand-to-hand fighting and suffered three sabre cuts to the head.<ref name="Six"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pommereul |first=François-RenĂ©-Jean de (1745-1823) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k108061t/f106.image.r=junot?rk=13390624;0 |title=Campagne du gĂ©nĂ©ral Buonaparte en Italie, pendant les annĂ©es IVe et Ve de la RĂ©publique française / par un officier gĂ©nĂ©ral |date=1797 |language=EN}}</ref> ==Egyptian campaign== Junot was one of the first to be informed of Bonaparte's planned [[expedition to Egypt]].<ref name=FN/> In May 1798, he left for Egypt along with Bonaparte aboard the expedition's flagship, ''[[French ship Orient (1791)|l'Orient]]'', and took part in the [[French invasion of Malta|capture of Malta]].<ref name="Dubief"/><ref name="Six"/> Junot fought at the [[Battle of the Pyramids]] on 21 July 1798, as a ''[[chef de brigade]]'', and was promoted to [[brigade general]] on 9 January 1799.<ref name="Dubief"/> [[File:Antoine-Jean Gros 010.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Junot leading his troops against the Ottomans near Nazareth, in ''[[The Battle of Nazareth (Gros)|The Combat of Nazareth]]'' by [[Antoine-Jean Gros]] (1801)]] On 8 April 1799, during the ultimately unsuccessful [[Siege of Acre (1799)|Siege of Acre]], Junot distinguished himself leading the vanguard of [[Jean-Baptiste KlĂ©ber|KlĂ©ber]]'s division against an Ottoman relief force five times larger, near the town of [[Nazareth]], retreating only after capturing five enemy standards.<ref name=FN/> His actions prevented the Ottomans from reaching the city and earned Junot recognition within the army.<ref name=FN/> However, he was badly injured shortly afterwards in a [[duel]] with General [[François Lanusse]], initiated by Junot after Lanusse insulted Bonaparte. In October 1799 he was captured by a British ship while returning to France, and met [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]].<ref name=FN/> == Consulate and early Empire == Junot only arrived in France on 14 June 1800, the day of Bonaparte's victory at the [[Battle of Marengo]].<ref name="FN" /> That year, Junot married [[Laure Junot, Duchess of AbrantĂšs|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 couple.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bertaut |first=Jules |date=1949 |title=Un Grand Mariage Sous Le Consulat |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44855690 |journal=Revue des Deux Mondes (1829-1971) |issue=5 |pages=116â132 |jstor=44855690 |issn=0035-1962}}</ref> Under the consulate, Junot was known for his excesses, throwing money out of his windows and eating three hundred oysters a day.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Loire |first=Louis (1815-18 ) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1521072q/f112.item.r=junot |title=Les Joyeux propos de table, anecdotes, bons mots, traits plaisants, boutades, entremĂȘlĂ©s de curieuses recettes culinaires. Recueillis par Louis Loire |date=1879 |language=EN}}</ref> Junot was made a [[general of division]] on 20 November 1801.<ref name="Six" /> From 1803 to 1804 he served as [[Military governor of Paris|Military Governor of Paris]], then briefly as ambassador to [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] before rapidly hurrying back to serve under Napoleon at the [[Battle of Austerlitz]] (2 December 1805).<ref name="FN" /> Junot was then sent to [[Parma]] to put down an insurrection.<ref name="FN" /> On his return to Paris he was again appointed Military Governor, serving from 1806 to 1807.<ref name="FN" /> [[File:Jean-Andoche Junot, duc dâAbrantĂšs, dit « la TempĂȘte », (1771-1813), gĂ©nĂ©ral français, colonel gĂ©nĂ©ral des Hussards, gou, ND4455(2).jpg|thumb|Coin bearing Junot's profile]] ==Invasion of Portugal== {{main article|Invasion of Portugal (1807)}} Junot's major command came on 29 July 1807, when Napoleon appointed him commander-in-chief of the "{{ill|Gironde Observation Corps|fr|Corps d'observation de la Gironde}}" (''Corps d'observation de la [[Gironde]]''),{{efn|Renamed the "Army of Portugal" (''ArmĂ©e de Portugal'') on 23 December 1807.<ref>{{cite book|first=Alain|last=Pigeard|title=Dictionnaire de la Grande ArmĂ©e|publisher=Tallandier|year=2002|isbn=2-84734-009-2}}</ref>}} which was destined for an invasion of Portugal.<ref name=RM>{{cite journal|journal=[[Revista Militar]]|url=https://www.revistamilitar.pt/artigo/350|title=A InvasĂŁo de Junot e o Levantamento em Armas dos Camponeses de Portugal. A Especificidade Transmontana|last=Pires Lousada|first=AbĂlio|date=November 2008|volume=2482}}</ref> The army assembled in [[Bayonne]] over the next two months, and was later reinforced with a Spanish contingent under the terms of the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (October 1807)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]] (27 October 1807).<ref name=RM/> Departing on 17 October at the head of about 26,500 soldiers, Junot led his troops on an arduous march through Spain, finally crossing into Portugal at [[Idanha-a-Nova|Segura]] on 19 November.<ref name=RM/> Facing little to no resistance, Junot's army advanced towards [[Lisbon]], seizing [[Castelo Branco, Portugal|Castelo Branco]] on 20 November and [[Abrantes]] two days later. On 24 November, he was informed that the country's regent, Prince JoĂŁo (the future King [[JoĂŁo VI]]) was preparing to [[Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil|flee to Brazil]] along with his mother, Queen [[Maria I]], and the court.<ref name=RM/> Junot entered Lisbon without a fight on 30 November, three days after the royal family's departure.<ref name=RM/> [[File:Sequeira junot1.jpg|thumb|260px|''Junot protecting the city of Lisbon'', allegory by [[Domingos Sequeira]] (1808)]] [[File:Heraldic achievement of Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of AbrantĂšs.jpg|thumb|Heraldic crest of Junot as Duke of AbrantĂšs]] French and Spanish troops soon occupied the rest of Portugal.<ref name=RM/> For his success, Junot was granted the [[victory title]] of [[Duke of AbrantĂšs|Duke of Abrantes]] (''Duc d'AbrantĂšs'') by Napoleon, though he was not made a [[Marshal of the Empire]] as he expected.<ref name=RM/> He set up his headquarters at the Quintela Palace in Lisbon, as the head of the military administration in Portugal.<ref name=RM/> From late December 1807 to March 1808, Junot enacted far-reaching measures, such as the disbandment of the [[Portuguese Army]] (with around 9,000 soldiers joining the ''[[Grande ArmĂ©e]]'''s [[Portuguese Legion (Napoleonic Wars)|Portuguese Legion]]) and local [[militias]], the proclamation of the dethronement of the [[House of Braganza]], and the confiscation of royal assets.<ref name=RM/> In January 1808, initial incidents of Portuguese resistance to the occupation occurred.<ref name=RM/> Additionally, after the [[Dos de Mayo Uprising]] in [[Madrid]], all Spanish troops withdrew from Portugal, and by June, popular revolts had spread throughout the country.<ref name=RM/> On 1 August 1808, a British expeditionary force landed at the mouth of the [[Mondego River|Mondego]] river.<ref name=RM/> After a French defeat at [[Battle of Roliça|Roliça]], Junot himself was beaten at the [[Battle of Vimeiro]] on 21 August 1808, and he was cut off from France.<ref name=RM/> Only the signing of the advantageous [[Convention of Sintra|Convention of Cintra]] with the British allowed him to avoid capture, taking with him "the weapons and baggages" and the loot the army had managed to gatherâan expression that later became famous in Portuguese usage. He went back to France in October. The terms of the Convention caused widespread outrage in Britain. ==Later career== Upon his return, Junot was appointed commander of the [[III Corps (Grande ArmĂ©e)|III Corps]] and sent to Spain, where he fought at the [[Second Siege of Zaragoza]].<ref name=FN/> In 1809, he served in the [[Grande ArmĂ©e]] during the [[War of the Fifth Coalition]], but held no major command.<ref name=FN/> He was [[Battle of Gefrees|defeated at Gefrees]] in this war. Junot returned to the [[Iberian Peninsula]] in 1810 in command of the [[VIII Corps (Grande ArmĂ©e)|VIII Corps]], under Marshal [[AndrĂ© MassĂ©na]], and in 1811 was shot in the face, causing serious damage and requiring surgery.<ref name=FN/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Delagrave |first=AndrĂ© (1774-1849) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6358403d/f181.image.r=duc%20d |title=Campagne de l'armĂ©e française en Portugal, dans les annĂ©es 1810 et 1811, avec un prĂ©cis de celles qui l'ont prĂ©cĂ©dĂ©e . Par Mr. A. D. L. G****, officier supĂ©rieur employĂ© dans l'Ă©tat-major de cette armĂ©e |date=1815 |language=EN}}</ref> Complications related to this injury were blamed for his later mental decline.<ref>{{Cite book |last=AbrantĂšs |first=NapolĂ©on-Andoche Junot d' (1807-1851) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6472523f/f101.image.r=junot?rk=21459;2 |title=Les boudoirs de Paris. Tome 1 / par le duc d'AbrantĂšs |date=1844â1846 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fouche |first=Joseph |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31010/page/n375/mode/2up?q=junot |title=Memoirs Of Joseph Fouche |date=1893}}</ref> At the beginning of 1812 Junot was on leave to restore his ill health, but at the announcement of the infamous [[French invasion of Russia|Russian campaign]] he rejoined the army with hopes of regaining Napoleon's favour.<ref name=":0" /> He was blamed for allowing the Russian army to retreat following the [[Battle of Smolensk (1812)|Battle of Smolensk]] (17 August), but at the [[Battle of Borodino]] (7 September 1812) he commanded the VIII Corps competently. Junot's performance at Smolensk led to his removal from command,<ref name=FN/> and infuriated Napoleon to the point that he vowed never to grant Junot a marshal's baton. However, Junot himself declared that, due to various complications, it had been impossible for him to attack at Smolensk,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1968 |title=LES PROPOS DE LA QUINZAINE: Marie-NoĂ«l |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44592667 |journal=Revue des Deux Mondes (1829-1971) |pages=473â474 |jstor=44592667 |issn=0035-1962}}</ref> and claimed that his rival Joachim Murat had put the blame on him.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Turquan |first=Joseph |url=https://archive.org/details/lagnralejuno00turq |title=La GĂ©nĂ©rale Junot, duchesse d'AbrantĂšs, 1784-1838 : d'AprĂšs ses lettres, ses papiers et son "Journal intime" inĂ©dits |date=1900 |publisher=Paris : Tallandier |others=University of Ottawa}}</ref> In May 1813, Junot was made Governor of the [[Illyrian Provinces]]. His mental state rapidly deteriorated there, and on one infamous occasion he attended a ball, held by [[Auguste de Marmont]] in Ragusa, fully nude except for his dancing shoes and decorations. On another occasion he burnt down his residence and ran away to live with a madman.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bernard-Derosne |first=Charles (1825-1904) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6515135s/f159.image.r=junot?rk=79807260;4 |title=MĂ©moires sur la reine Hortense, mĂšre de NapolĂ©on III / [par Charles Bernard Derosne] |date=1863 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6299069z/f21.image.r=junot?rk=59227760;0 |title=Seconde Notice sur les provinces illyriennes, continuation de l'analyse du manuscrit 11600 de la BibliothĂšque royale , par M. le chevalier Marchal,... |date=1851 |language=EN}}</ref> Some time later, Junot suffered a sudden attack of inflammation to the brain, most likely a long term consequence of his numerous head injuries, leaving him incapacitated.<ref name=":0" /> He was then relieved of his position and sent to his father's house in Burgundy, where he was cared for by his father, sisters and brother-in-law Albert. In a fit of distress, Junot [[defenestrated]] himself, breaking both of his legs. He became convinced that his legs needed to be amputated, and when briefly left alone he mutilated himself with a pair of scissors. Junot died of an infection days later on 29 July 1813, in [[Montbard]].<ref name=FN/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Andrew |title=Napoleon: A Life |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-312785-7 |pages=598}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He is buried in Montbard cemetery, where a monument was erected in his honour in 1898. [[File:Junot - 1916 - Paul EugĂšne Breton - North facade of Louvre - Aile Rohan-Rivoli - Palais du Louvre.jpg|thumb|A statue of Junot on the north facade of the [[Louvre]]]] ==Family and relations== [[File:Marguerite GĂ©rard - La Duchesse Abrantes et le General Junot.jpg|thumb|Junot and his wife Laure, by [[Marguerite GĂ©rard]]]] He had two daughters and three sons: * Othello (Egypt, c. 1799), the child of an Abyssinian slave named Xraxarane born during the [[French campaign in Egypt]].<ref name="Dubief"/><ref>{{Citation |last=dâAbrantĂšs |first=Laure Junot |title=L'Africaine |date=1838 |pages=17â147 |url=https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/L%E2%80%99Africaine_(Abrant%C3%A8s) |access-date=2024-10-29 |place=Paris |publisher=Dumont}}</ref> Junot ordered for Othello to be brought to France, but he never arrived.<ref name=":2" /> * JosĂ©phine Junot d'AbrantĂšs (Paris, 2 January 1802 â Paris, 15 October 1888), married in November 1841 to Jacques-Louis Amet, and had issue * Constance Junot d'AbrantĂšs (Paris, 12 May 1803 â 1881), married in 1829 Louis ''Antoine'' Aubert (1799â1882), and had issue * Louis ''NapolĂ©on'' Andoche Junot, 2nd Duc d'AbrantĂšs (Paris, 25 September 1807 â [[Neuilly]],<ref>[http://www.geni.com/people/Louis-Andoche-D-abrant%C3%88s/6000000028869344954 Louis Andoche Junot D'abrantĂs]</ref> 20 February 1851), who died unmarried and without issue * Andoche ''Alfred'' Michel Junot, 3rd Duc d'AbrantĂšs ([[Ciudad Rodrigo]], 25 November 1810 â killed in action at [[battle of Solferino|Solferino]], 24 June 1859), married firstly on 2 April 1845 Marie CĂ©line ''Elise'' Lepic (9 October 1824 â 6 June 1847), and married secondly on 10 January 1853 Marie Louise ''LĂ©onie'' Lepic (19 July 1829 â 17 August 1868), both sisters, daughters of Joachim Lepic, 1st Baron Lepic, and wife Anne-Marguerite Pasquier, and had: ** Jeanne JosĂ©phine Marguerite Junot d'AbrantĂšs (Paris, 22 May 1847 â [[Lasray]], 21 March 1934), married in Paris, 16 September 1869 Xavier EugĂšne ''Maurice'' Le Ray ([[SĂšvres]], 15 July 1846 â Paris, 1 December 1900), who was created 4th Duc d'AbrantĂšs in 1869, and had issue extinct in male line in 1982 ** JĂ©rĂŽme NapolĂ©on Andoche Junot d'AbrantĂšs (Paris, 16 June 1854 â Paris, 10 March 1857) ** Marguerite Louise Elisabeth Junot d'AbrantĂšs (Paris, 25 January 1856 â 1919), married in Paris, 11 November 1883 CĂ©sar ElzĂ©ar ''LĂ©on'' Vicomte Arthaud de La FerriĂšre (1853â1924).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} During the peninsular war, he allegedly had a relationship with [[Juliana de Almeida e Oyenhausen]], daughter of [[Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna]].<ref name=":0" /> As Governor of Paris in 1806â07, he had an affair with Caroline Murat, wife of Joachim Murat and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. According to Laure Junot, her husband broke off the affair with Caroline after she supported the idea of him duelling Murat.<ref name=":0" /> Through his sister Louise, Junot was the great-great-uncle of French poet and author [[Pierre LouĂżs]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Pierre LOUĆžS |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/vdeguerne?n=louys&oc=0&p=pierre&type=tree |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Geneanet |language=en}}</ref> ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} * Dubief Sylvain. "Junot, Premier aide de camp de NapolĂ©on." SOTECA, Paris, 2020 * Chartrand, RenĂ©. ''Vimeiro 1808.'' London: Osprey Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|1-84176-309-8}} * Haythornthwaite, Philip. ''Napoleon's Commanders (1) c. 1792â1809.'' London: Osprey Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|1-84176-055-2}} {{commons category}} {{wikiquote}} * {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=[[Ădouard Mortier]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Military governor of Paris]]|years=1803â1804}} {{s-aft|after=[[Joachim Murat]]}} {{s-end}} {{Military governors of Paris}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Junot, Jean-Andoche}} [[Category:1771 births]] [[Category:1813 deaths]] [[Category:People from CĂŽte-d'Or]] [[Category:French generals]] [[Category:French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars]] [[Category:French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars]] [[Category:French military personnel who died by suicide]] [[Category:Dukes of AbrantĂšs]] [[Category:Military governors of Paris]] [[Category:Illyrian Provinces]] [[Category:Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe]] [[Category:Suicides by jumping in France]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in France]]
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