Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette
	Lafayette as a lieutenant general in 1791; portrait by Joseph-Désiré Court
Birth name	Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette
Nickname	The Hero of the Two Worlds (Le Héros des Deux Mondes), America’s Favourite Fighting Frenchman
Born	6 September 1757; Chavaniac, France
Died	20 May 1834 (aged 76); Paris, France
Buried at	Picpus Cemetery
Allegiance	Kingdom of France (1771–1777, 1781–1791); United States (1777–1781); Kingdom of France (1791–1792); French First Republic (1792); Kingdom of France (1830)
Service/branch	French Army; Continental Army; National Guard (France);
Years of service	1771–1792; 1830
Rank	Major general (U.S.); Lieutenant general (France);
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine; Battle of Gloucester; Valley Forge; Battle of Barren Hill; Battle of Rhode Island; Battle of Monmouth; Battle of Green Spring; Siege of Yorktown; French Revolution The March on Versailles; Day of Daggers; Champ de Mars massacre; War of the First Coalition; July Revolution
Awards	Order of Saint Louis
Other work	Politician; Estates General (Auvergne); Member of the National Assembly; Chamber of Representatives; Chamber of Deputies;
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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat, politician and liberal thinker. He believed in the Age of Enlightenment and played an important role during the American War of Independence and the French Revolution.^[2] In 1789, he presented a draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. He worked on the document with Thomas Jefferson, who was the American ambassador in Paris.

↑ Carlier Jeannie, Lafayette, Héros des deux Mondes, Payot, 1988.
↑ Gregory Payan, Marquis de Lafayette: French Hero of the American Revolution (New York: PowerPlus Books, 2002), pp. 5–6