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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
The House of Abrantes (Portuguese: Casa de Abrantes) descends from the ancient and noble Almeida family. King Afonso V granted the land around Abrantes to his cousin, Lopo de Almeida, 1st Count of Abrantes in 1476. The title and lands descended in the Almeida family until 1650 when its male line expired and the estate reverted to the Crown.
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 .
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 ...
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