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4 days ago · Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, né le 6 septembre 1757 au château de Chavaniac près de Saint-Georges-d'Aurac ( Auvergne, actuel département de la Haute-Loire ), et mort le 20 mai 1834 à Paris ( ancien 1er arrondissement ), est un officier et homme politique français, célèbre en raison de son engagement dans les rangs de l ...
4 days ago · According to French general Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, white was the "ancient French colour" and was added to the militia cockade to form a tricolour, or national, cockade of France. [5] This cockade became part of the uniform of the National Guard, which succeeded the militia and was commanded by Lafayette. [6] .
5 days ago · Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquies de la Fayette, was born at the chateau of Chavaniac in Auvergne, France. His father was killed at Minden in 1759, and his mother and his grandfather died in 1770. At the age of 13, he was left an orphan with a princely fortune.
1 day ago · In 1783, Cross Creek and Campbellton united, and the new town was incorporated as Fayetteville in honor of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero who significantly aided the American forces during the war. [12] Fayetteville was the first city to be named in his honor in the United States. [12] Lafayette visited the city on March 4 and 5, 1825, during his grand tour of ...
5 days ago · According to “Hero Of Two Worlds,” Mike Duncan’s biography of Gilbert du Motier the Marquis de Lafayette, a bit earlier in 1824, some of Lafayette’s entourage encountered “hard-core...
5 days ago · Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Editorial credit: Charles Willson Peale /Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain Marquis de Lafayette, born on September 6, 1757, and passing away on May 20, 1834, was a French aristocrat and military officer renowned for his role in the American Revolutionary War.
