FATHER:
Marquis de Lafayette
(1757-1834)
MOTHER:
Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette
(1759-1807)
SISTER
Henriette du Motier de Lafayette
(1776-1778)
SISTER
Anastasie du Motier de Lafayette
(1777-1863)
SISTER
Virginie du Motier de Lafayette
(1782-1849)
George Washington Lafayette
(1779-1849)
Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette 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.
BORN:
France
Dec 24, 1779
From 1783, La Fayette grew up in the Hôtel de La Fayette at 183 rue de Bourbon, Paris. Their home was the headquarters of Americans in Paris. Benjamin Franklin, John and Sarah Livingston Jay, and John and Abigail Adams met there every Monday, where they dined with the La Fayette family and with the liberal nobility, including Clermont-Tonnerre, Madame de Staël, Morellet, and Marmontel.
In April 1795, Georges was sent to America with Frestrel. While there, he studied at Harvard University, and he was a house guest of George Washington at the presidential mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at the Washington family home, Mount Vernon in Virginia.
On 15 October 1795, Georges' mother was sent to join his father and his sisters, Anastasie and Virginie, in the prison fortress of Olmütz. All of their money and baggage were confiscated. On 18 September 1797, the family was released under the terms of the treaty of Campo-Formio (18 October 1797). They recuperated at Lehmkuhlen, Holstein, near his aunt Madame de Montagu and great-aunt Madame de Tessé.
DIED:
Paris, France
George Washington Lafayette
was here...
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Chateau de Chavaniac | 1 Allée de l'Hermione, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France |