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.
1 Georges Washington Lafayette was one of Lafayette's three children to survive into adulthood and his only son. 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.
Georges Washington de La Fayette, Georges-Louis-Gilbert Dumotier de La Fayette à l'état civil 1, né le 24 décembre 1779 à Paris et mort le 29 novembre 1849 (à 69 ans) à Courpalay ( Seine-et-Marne ), est un militaire et homme politique français.
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...
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. He was named in honor of George Washington, under whom his father served in the Revolutionary War.
Jul 1, 2021 · George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette a historic partnership. LOCAL. The Founding Father and his protégé. Historic partnership set the course of a nation. David M. Zimmer....
