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Heraldic achievement of the 1st Duke of Abrantès. The Dukedom of Abrantès was a title of Napoleonic nobility created in 1808 by Napoleon for Jean-Andoche Junot.. After the King of Portugal's refusal to join the Continental Blockade, Napoleon I despatched General Jean-Andoche Junot in command of the French invasion of Portugal.
Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantes (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃dɔʃ ʒyno]; 25 September 1771 – 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.
Louis Napoléon Andoche Junot, 2nd Duke of Abrantès (Paris, 25 September 1807-Neuilly-sur-Seine, 20 February 1851), died unmarried and without issue. Andoche Alfred Michel Junot, 3rd Duke of Abrantes (Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, 25 November 1810 - Battle of Solferino, Italy, 24 June 1859), married firstly on April 2, 1845, to Marie Céline Elise ...
Duke of Abrantes may refer to: Duke of Abrantes (1642), a title of Spanish nobility created in 1642; Duke of Abrantes (1753), a title of Portuguese nobility created in 1753; Duke of Abrantès, a title of Napoleonic nobility created in 1808
on 22 November 1807, it was occupied by troops under the command of Jean-Andoche Junot, who took the title of Duke of Abrantes (March 1808); in October 1810 it was reoccupied, after the rout of French troops at the Lines of Torres Vedras , under the command of Marshall André Masséna .
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Heraldic representation of the coronet of a Spanish duke. This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain.. The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Duke of Segorbe (1469), Duke of Alba (1472), Duke of Escalona (1472), and Duke of Infantado (1475).
Duke of Abrantes (1642) 0–9. Afonso of Lencastre; Álvaro, 3rd Duke of Aveiro; Ana Maria de Lorena, 1st Duchess of Abrantes; Maria Margarida de Lorena, 2nd Duchess ...