Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette.
Georges Washington Lafayette spent many of his developing years away from his family, due to the consequences of his father's political alignment during the French Revolution. When Lafayette was thirteen his family was imprisoned after Maximilien de Robespierre came into power and began the infamous Reign of Terror.
George Washington met the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette on August 5, 1777, less than a week after the Continental Congress appointed the young Frenchman to be a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army. Lafayette was assigned to serve on Washington's staff.
The Frenchman now presenting himself to George Washington in the Colonial capital of Philadelphia was the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, who was in America principally because he was...
George Washington met the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette on August 5, 1777, less than a week after the Continental Congress appointed the young Frenchman to be a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army. Lafayette was assigned to serve on Washington's staff.
Georges Washington Motier de Lafayette, the only son of the Marquis de Lafayette, lived with the Washingtons in Philadelphia and at Mount Vernon for two years during his father’s imprisonment. He had managed to escape France when the rest of his family was arrested during the French Revolution.
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Georges Washington de La Fayette (1779–1849): a French soldier and politician, son of the two above; Marquisate de La Fayette. The fief La Fayette was raised to a marquisate by Letters patent in about 1690.
