II. Laure Permon Junot, duchess of, wife of the preceding, born in Montpellier, Nov. 6, 1784, died at Chaillot, near Paris, June 7, 1838. Her mother, a Corsican, claimed descent from the Comnenus family. Her father, M. Permon, made a fortune by provisioning Rochambeau's American troops, but lost it before his death (October, 1793). The mother lived in good style at Paris, and her house was frequented by Bonaparte, Junot, and other distinguished persons. Bonaparte, according to her daughter's Mémoires, wished to marry her, though she was old enough to be his mother. Mlle. Permon became the wife of Junot in 1800, the first consul giving her rich presents, both then and many times afterward. This munificence encouraged Mme. Junot in a course of extravagance which, as well as her other indiscretions, eventually proved disastrous to her fortunes. Napoleon's friendship for her was also said to have excited the jealousy of Josephine, while her excessive love of finery and her sharp tongue made him call her petite peste. While in Madrid and Lisbon with her husband, her lavish expenditure and her regal pretensions caused astonishment. At Neuilly she hired a palace known as the Folie St. James, where she performed in private theatricals, in which she excelled.

Even while following her husband in the Spanish campaign, she kept up her Parisian style of entertainments in the various encampments of the army. At the same time she bore all the fatigues of the war with great fortitude. While at Lyons she paid a visit to Mme. Recamier, and, courting the society of other persons who were not liked by Napoleon, she incurred his displeasure, and was not permitted to reside in Paris. Her husband, too, having forfeited the good will of the emperor, was banished from Paris, though he was in a dying condition; and the duchess, while attempting to see him at Montbard, where he died, was taken ill. In spite of Napoleon's orders she went to Paris in September, 1818, and her house became once more the centre of distinguished persons, especially after the restoration of the Bourbons, toward which she had contributed. In 1817 she took up her residence at Rome. Having sold the magnificent library and the other valuable legacies of her husband, and being at the end of her resources, she entered into a contract for the publication of her writings.

At the time of the July revolution, 1880, she lived in retirement at the Abbaye-aux-Bois, near Paris, and in 1881 began the publication of the Mémoires ou Souvenirs historiques sur Napoleon, la Revolution, le Directoire, le Consulate V'Émpire et la Restauration (18 vols. 18mo, Paris, 1831-'34). She also wrote memoirs of her experience in France, Spain, and Portugal, and many novels and stories, besides contributing to periodicals; but her literary lame rests chiefly on her brilliant gossip and overflowing anecdotes relating to the court of Napoleon. Notwithstanding her incessant literary activity, she remained very poor, and died at Chaillot two days after her removal to a private hospital in that place. Louis Philippe sent some money for her relief, but she died before it reached her. Ignazio Cantu. published in 1837 Relazione della duchessa d'Abrantés, and A. I). Roosmalen in 1838 Les derniers moments de la duchesse d'Abrantés.

III. Napoleon Andochc Junot, duke of, son of the preceding, born in Paris in 1807, died there in March, 1851. Obliged to leave the diplomatic service on account of his scandalous private life, he became known in light literature by a variety of works of ephemeral reputation, the principal among them being Les boudoirs de Paris (6 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1844-'5).

IV. Adolphe Alfred Michel Junct, duke of, brother and heir of the preceding, born at Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, Nov. 25, 1810, died in July, 1859. He was aide-de-camp of Gen. Mackahon in Algeria (1848), and of Prince Napoleon in the Crimea (1854), served with a high rank in the Italian war, and died from a wound received at the battle of Solferino.

V. Josephine Junot d', sister of the preceding, born in Paris, Jan. 5, 1802, married in 1841 M. James Amet, after having been previously a sister of charity and canoness. She is the author of a number of stories and novels published under her maiden name. The best known of them are: Histoires morales et édifrantes (1837); La duchesse de Valombray (2 vols., 1838); and Etienne Saul-nier (2 vols., 1850).

VI. Constance Junot d', sister of the preceding, born in Paris, May 12, 1803, is the wife of M. Louis Aubert, for some time editor of the National newspaper, and in 1848 prefect in Corsica. Under the name of Constance Aubert she has been connected with periodical literature as a writer on fashions, manners, and customs. In 1859 she published a Manuel d'economie elegante and in 1865 a little volume on the luxury of women (Encore le luxe des femmes: Les femmes sages et les femmes folles).