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2 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 1 er arrondissement), est un officier et homme politique français, célèbre en raison de son engagement dans les rangs ...
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.
2 days ago · Washington and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette rushed to Philadelphia to engage Howe. In the Battle of Brandywine , on September 11, 1777, Howe outmaneuvered Washington and marched unopposed into the nation's capital at Philadelphia.
2 days ago · Monroe, the fifth president and former Virginia governor, died July 4, 1831. But the story of his friendship with Lafayette began during the Revolutionary War. Monroe was born in Westmoreland ...
3 days ago · Fayetteville, TN was named for the many settlers who came there from Fayetteville, NC. Fayetteville, NC was named after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette who helped George Washington and the rebelling colonists win the American Revolution. How did the French help shape America?
3 days ago · Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (French: [maʁki də la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the ...
1 day ago · At the Battle of Brandywine, he formed a close friendship with the Marquis de Lafayette, a French volunteer who encouraged him to view the war as part of a wider struggle against religious and political tyranny.
