FATHER:
Jean de Noailles
(1739-1824)
MOTHER:
Henriette d'Aguesseau de Noailles
(1737-1794)
BROTHER
Noaillies, Louis Marie
(1756-1804)
HUSBAND
Marquis de Lafayette
(1757-1834)
DAUGHTER
Henriette du Motier de Lafayette
(1776-1778)
DAUGHTER
Virginie du Motier de Lafayette
(1782-1849)
DAUGHTER
Anastasie du Motier de Lafayette
(1777-1863)
SON
George Washington Lafayette
(1779-1849)
Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette
(1759-1807)
Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette, was a French marchioness. She was the daughter of Jean de Noailles and Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau. In 1774, she married Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, who left France in 1776 to volunteer in the American Revolutionary War where he served under General George Washington, then later became a key figure in the French Revolutionof 1789.
BORN:
Paris, France
Nov 2, 1759
They had four children: Henriette du Motier (15 December 1775 – 3 October 1777), Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier (1 July 1777 – 24 February 1863), Georges Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier, (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849), and Marie Antoinette Virginie du Motier (17 September 1782 – 23 July 1849).
HOMES:
Chateau de Chavaniac
1 Allée de l'Hermione, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
In 1795, the Marquise de LaFayette was imprisoned and facing execution. Elizabeth Monroe, a future First Lady of the United Statesand wife to James Monroe, the United States envoy to France, intervened in an attempt to save her. The day prior to La Fayette's scheduled execution, Mrs. Monroe visited the imprisoned marquise and loudly announced that she would be returning the following day. Not wanting to endanger ties with the United States, France abruptly reversed its verdict and did not execute her.
DIED:
Auvergne, France
Dec 25, 1807
GRAVE:
CEMETERY
Picpus Cemetery
35 Rue de Picpus, 75012 Paris, France