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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

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Died: May 20, 1834 (age 76 years), 8th arrondissement, Paris, France
Full name: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette
Spouse: Adrienne de La Fayette (m. 1774–1807)

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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt, ˌlæf-/, French: [lafajɛt]), was a French aristocrat and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George ...
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, better known simply as the Marquis de Lafayette, was born into an extremely noble family in Chavaniac, France in 1757.
Mar 20, 2024 · Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat who fought in the Continental Army against the British in the American Revolution.
A young, wealthy French aristocrat with an impressively lengthy name, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, defied his own king ...
At the age of 17, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, was presented at Versailles. Heir to an immense fortune and having married into the Noailles dynasty ...
In 1790, Gilbert du Motier—better known as the Marquis de Lafayette—sent the key to George Washington on behalf of the people of France. To understand why ...
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette was born in 1757. Before his second birthday, his father, Michel de Lafayette, ...
Born into an ancient and noble French family, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, commenced his military career in the King's Regiment of Musketeers in ...
Oct 20, 2015 · The future hero of the American Revolution was born Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette in an expansive chateau in ...