Gilbert du Motier, Marquis o Lafayette
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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis o Lafayette[2] (French pronunciation: [maʁki də la fajɛt]; (Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert; 6 September 1757 – 20 Mey 1834), in the U.S. eften kent simply as Lafayette o as the Marquis o Lafayette, wis a French aristocrat an American an militar officer wha focht in the American Revolutionary War. A close friend o George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, an Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette wis a key figur in the French Revolution o 1789 an the Julie Revolution o 1830.
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Birth name | Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier |
Elk-name | The Hero o the Twa Warlds (Le Héros des Deux Mondes in French)[1] |
Born | 6 September 1757 Chavaniac, Kinrick o Fraunce |
Dee'd | 20 Mey 1834(1834-05-20) (aged 76) Paris, Fraunce |
Buried at | Picpus Seemetry (48.8440°N 2.4001°E / 48.8440; 2.4001) |
Allegiance | Kinrick o Fraunce Unitit States o Americae Kinrick o Fraunce Kinrick o Fraunce |
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Years o service | 1771–1792, 1830 |
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Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War
War o the First Coaleetion , |
Awairds | Order o Saunt Louis |
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Marquis o Lafayette | |
Lafayette as a lieutenant general, in 1791 bi Désiré Court. | |
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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier | |
Born | 6 September 1757 Château de Chavaniac |
Dee'd | 20 Mey 1834 (aged 76) Paris, Fraunce |
Spoose(s) | Marie Adrienne de Noailles |
Issue
Henriette Anastasie, Coontess o La Tour Maubourg Georges Washington Antoinette, Marquise o Lasteyrie. | |
Faither | Michel du Motier, Marquis o La Fayette |
Mither | Marie Louise Julie de La Rivière |
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