1. Jean-Andoche Junot is best known for leading the French invasion of Portugal in 1807.
23 Facts About Jean-Andoche Junot
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Jean-Andoche Junot was the fifth son of Michel Junot and Marie Antoinette Bienayme.
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Jean-Andoche 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 Jean-Andoche Junot volunteered to do, and made a lasting impression with his witty jokes after being narrowly missed by a cannonball.
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In 1795 Jean-Andoche Junot participated in the suppression of the Royalist revolt of 13 Vendemiaire under Bonaparte, then followed him to the Army of Italy.
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Jean-Andoche Junot 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.
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Jean-Andoche Junot was one of the first to be informed of Bonaparte's planned expedition to Egypt.
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Jean-Andoche Junot's actions prevented the Ottomans from reaching the city and earned Junot recognition within the army.
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Jean-Andoche Junot only arrived in France on 14 June 1800, the day of Bonaparte's victory at the Battle of Marengo.
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That year, Jean-Andoche Junot married Laure Martin de Permond, a long-time friend of the Bonapartes.
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Under the consulate, Jean-Andoche Junot was known for his excesses, throwing money out of his windows and eating three hundred oysters a day.
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Jean-Andoche Junot was made a general of division on 20 November 1801.
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Jean-Andoche Junot was then sent to Parma to put down an insurrection.
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Jean-Andoche Junot set up his headquarters at the Quintela Palace in Lisbon, as the head of the military administration in Portugal.
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From late December 1807 to March 1808, Jean-Andoche Junot enacted far-reaching measures, such as the disbandment of the Portuguese Army and local militias, the proclamation of the dethronement of the House of Braganza, and the confiscation of royal assets.
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Jean-Andoche Junot returned to the Iberian Peninsula in 1810 in command of the VIII Corps, under Marshal Andre Massena, and in 1811 was shot in the face, causing serious damage and requiring surgery.
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At the beginning of 1812 Jean-Andoche Junot was on leave to restore his ill health, but at the announcement of the infamous Russian campaign he rejoined the army with hopes of regaining Napoleon's favour.
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Jean-Andoche Junot was blamed for allowing the Russian army to retreat following the Battle of Smolensk, but at the Battle of Borodino he commanded the VIII Corps competently.
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In May 1813, Jean-Andoche Junot was made Governor of the Illyrian Provinces.
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Some time later, Jean-Andoche Junot suffered a sudden attack of inflammation to the brain, most likely a long term consequence of his numerous head injuries, leaving him incapacitated.
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Jean-Andoche Junot 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.
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Jean-Andoche Junot became convinced that his legs needed to be amputated, and when briefly left alone he mutilated himself with a pair of scissors.
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Jean-Andoche Junot died of an infection days later on 29 July 1813, in Montbard.
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Jean-Andoche Junot is buried in Montbard cemetery, where a monument was erected in his honour in 1898.