Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis O Lafayette

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.

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis o Lafayette
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)
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°50′38″N 2°24′00″E / 48.8440°N 2.4001°E / 48.8440; 2.4001)
Allegiance	Kinrick o Fraunce  Unitit States o Americae Kinrick o Fraunce Kinrick o Fraunce
Service/branch	French Airmy Continental Airmy Naitional Guard
Years o service	1771–1792, 1830
Rank	Major general (U.S.) Lieutenant General (Fraunce)
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Battle o Brandywine Battle of Gloucester Valley Forge Battle o Barren Hill Battle o Rhode Island Battle o Monmouth Battle o Green Spring Siege o Yorktown French Revolution The Mairch on Versailles Day o Daggers Champ de Mars massacre War o the First Coaleetion Julie Revolution ,
Awairds	Order o Saunt Louis
Ither wirk	Politeecian Estates General (Auvergne) Member o the Naitional Assembly Chamber o Representatives Chamber o Deputies

Gilbert du Motier
Marquis o Lafayette
Lafayette as a lieutenant general, in 1791 bi Désiré Court.
Full name 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
Seegnatur

On 11 Aprile 1774 Lafayette mairit Marie Adrienne de Noailles, "Mademoiselle d'Ayen" (1759-1807) a dochter o Jean de Noailles, Duke o Ayen, Duke o Noailles

1. Adrienne Henriette Catherine Charlotte du Motier (15 December 1775- 3 October 1777) died young.
2. Anastasie Louise Pauline Motier du Motier (Paris 1 Julie 1777 - 24 Februar 1863, Turin) mairit Jules César Charles de Fay, Coont o La Tour Maubourg.
3. George Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier (24 December 1779 - 29 November 1849) died childless but mairit Émilie d'Estutt de Tracy.
4. Marie Antoinette Virginie du Motier (17 September 1782 - 23 Julie 1849) mairit Louis de Lasteyrie du Saillant, Marquis o Lasteyrie.