Juan Nepomnceno Almonte, a Mexican general and diplomatist, born in Valladolid in 1804, died in Paris, March 22, 1869. He was of partly Indian origin and the reputed son of Morelos. He held diplomatic posts at various times in Washington, London, Lima, and Paris. With Santa Anna, on whose staff he was then serving, he was captured by Gen. Houston at the battle of San Jacinto in 1836. Released after six months, he became minister of war under Bustamente. During the war with the United States he fought under Santa Anna, with whom he never ceased to hold friendly relations. He was ambassador to Paris in 1857-'60, and was one of the principal instigators of the French invasion of Mexico and the election of Maximilian. With the assistance of the imperial forces, he was appointed dictator of Mexico in 1862; but all parties distrusted him, and the French themselves removed him in September of the same year. In June, 1863, he was president of a junta styled the regency of the Mexican empire. In 1864 Maximilian conferred upon him the titles of regent and grand marshal, and in 1866 sent him as ambassador to Paris, where he spent the rest of his life.