Chamber of Deputies

1818-1834

Commander in Chief of the Garde Nationale

1789-1792

Estates General

1789

Assembly of Notables

1787-1789

Continental Army

1777-1781

French Army

1771-1777/1781-1792/1830

FATHER:

Michel du Motier de Lafayette

(1731-1759)

MOTHER:

Mary Louise La Riviere de Lafayette

(1737-1770)

WIFE

Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette

(1759-1807)

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)

Marquis de Lafayette

(1757-1834)

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette was ultimately permitted to command Continental Army troops in the decisive siege of Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary War's final major battle that secured American independence. After returning to France, Lafayette became a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830 and continues to be celebrated as a hero in both France and the United States.

SOLDIERSTATESMAN

BORN:

Auvergne Province, France

Sep 6, 1757

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BIRTHPLACE:

Chateau de Chavaniac

1 Allée de l'Hermione, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France

Lafayette was born into a wealthy land-owning family in Chavaniac in the province of Auvergne in south central France. He followed the family's martial tradition and was commissioned an officer at age 13. He became convinced that the American revolutionary cause was noble, and he traveled to the New World seeking glory in it. He was made a major general at age 19, but he was initially not given American troops to command. He was wounded during the Battle of Brandywine but still managed to organize an orderly retreat, and he served with distinction in the Battle of Rhode Island.

HOMES:

Chateau de Chavaniac

1 Allée de l'Hermione, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France

In the middle of the war, he sailed for home to lobby for an increase in French support. He returned to America in 1780 and was given senior positions in the Continental Army. In 1781, troops under his command in Virginia blocked forces led by Cornwallis until other American and French forces could position themselves for the decisive Siege of Yorktown.

Lafayette returned to France and was appointed to the Assembly of Notables in 1787, convened in response to the fiscal crisis. He was elected a member of the Estates General of 1789, where representatives met from the three traditional orders of French society: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners. After the National Constituent Assembly was formed, he helped to write the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen with Thomas Jefferson's assistance.

DIED:

Paris, France

May 20, 1834

GRAVE:

CEMETERY

Picpus Cemetery

35 Rue de Picpus, 75012 Paris, France

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Places	Address	Site
Yorktown Battlefield National Historical Park	1000 Colonial Nat'l Historical Pkwy, Yorktown, VA 23690	MUSEUM
George Washington's Mount Vernon	3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121	MUSEUM
Colonial Williamsburg	101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185	MUSEUM
Valley Forge National Historic Park	1400 N Outer Line Dr, King of Prussia, PA 19406	MUSEUM
Monmouth Battlefield State Park	20 NJ-33 Business, Manalapan Township, NJ 07726	MUSEUM
Morristown National Historic Park - Jockey Hollow	586 Tempe Wick Road, Morristown, NJ	MUSEUM
US Military Academy - Westpoint	606 Thayer Rd, West Point, NY 10996	MUSEUM
Van Wyck Homestead Museum	504 US-9, Fishkill, NY 12524	MUSEUM
Webb House Museum	211 Main St, Wethersfield, CT 06109	MUSEUM
Chelsea Plantation	Chelsea Plantation, Chelsea Plantation Road, West Point, VA	MUSEUM
DeWint House	20 Livingston St, Tappan, NY 10983	MUSEUM
Bruton Parish Church	201 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185	MUSEUM
Yorktown - Redoubt 10	6GG3+96J Yorktown, Virginia	MUSEUM
Morristown National Historic Park - Washington's Headquarters - Ford Mansion	30 Washington Pl, Morristown, NJ 07960	MUSEUM
Jacob Purdy House	60 Park Ave, White Plains, NY 10601	MUSEUM
Yorktown - Surrender Field	6F5V+9V Yorktown, Virginia	MUSEUM
George Wythe House	101 Palace Green St, Williamsburg, VA 23185	MUSEUM
Moravian Museum of Bethlehem	66 W Church St, Bethlehem, PA 18018	MUSEUM
Hale-Byrnes House-GW HQ	606 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713	MUSEUM
Lafayette Meets The 6 Nations	13-5 NY-29, Johnstown, NY 12095	MARKER
Major John Andre Hanging Site Marker	161 Old Tappan Rd, Tappan, NY 10983	MARKER
George Washington Encampment Marker	5C24+HQM Hardyston, New Jersey	MARKER
76 House - Andre's Jail	110 Main St, Tappan, NY 10983	MARKER
Landis House Marker	1076 York Rd, Ringoes, NJ 08551	MARKER
Beverley Robinson House Marker	832 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524	MARKER
Lafayette House Marker	526 Main St, Bethlehem, PA 18018	MARKER
Wadsworth House Marker	1 Gold St APT 24K, Hartford, CT 06103	MARKER
Lafayette - Montgomery Marker	801 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444	MARKER
Stephen Moore House Marker	C23M+C92 West Point, New York	MARKER
Horatio Gates HQ	157 W Market St, York, PA 17401	MARKER
Griffin's Tavern Marker	399 NY-82, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533	MARKER
Lafayette Fishkill Marker	1573 NY-52, Fishkill, NY 12524	MARKER
Woods Road Marker	106 Woods Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424	MARKER
John George Ryerson House Marker	360 Goffle Rd, Hawthorne, NJ 07506	MARKER
Rochambeau Landing Marker	125 Wellington Ave, Newport, RI 02840	MARKER
Sun Inn Marker	564 Main St, Bethlehem, PA 18018	MARKER
Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites Marker	53 S Main St, Cranbury, NJ 08512	MARKER
Road to Monmouth Marker	44 S Main St, New Hope, PA 18938	MARKER
Oak Tree Battle of Short Hill Marker	1165 New Dover Rd, Edison, NJ 08820	MARKER
Tom Robinson House Marker	62 Washington St, Newport, RI 02840	MARKER
Samuel Van Saun House Marker	23 Laauwe Ave, Wayne, NJ 07470	MARKER
St Peters Church Marker	3032 Church Rd, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444	MARKER
New Kent County Courthouse	12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA	MARKER
Lafayette at Petersburg Marker	37° 14.465′ N, 77° 24.389′ W	MARKER
Revolutionary War Campaign of 1781 Mechunk Creek Marker	6710 Cobham Station Hill, Keswick, VA 22947	MARKER
James Lafayette Marker	12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA	MARKER
Elk Ridge Landing Marker	5906 Washington Blvd, Elkridge, MD 21075	MARKER
Lafayette DE Marker	107 DE-7, Newark, DE 19702	MARKER
The Farm Marker	217 12th St NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902	MARKER
Chickahominy Church Marker	3468 Chickahominy Road, Toano, VA	MARKER
Battle of Green Springs Marker	2590 VA-614, Williamsburg, VA	MARKER
Washington's Recon Marker	1249 S Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, DE 19702	MARKER
Van Horn's Tavern Marker	5400 Odell Rd, Beltsville, MD 20705	MARKER
Tyree's Plantation Marker	9614 Richmond Rd, Lanexa, VA 23089	MARKER
Smith-Cadbury Mansion Marker	12 High St, Moorestown, NJ 08057	MARKER
Burr's Tavern Marker	521 Main St, Warren, RI 02885	MARKER
The Carolina Road Marker	4254 James Madison Hwy, Haymarket, VA 20169	MARKER
Three Notch'd Road Marker	605 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902	MARKER
Loudoun County Courthouse	18 E Market St, Leesburg, VA 20178	MARKER
The Marquis Road Marker	4332 James Madison Hwy, Gordonsville, VA 22942	MARKER
Spencer's Ordinary Marker	6401 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA	MARKER
Campaign of 1781 Lafayettes Encampment King William Marker	29680 King William Rd, West Point, VA 23181	MARKER
Trebell's Landing Marker	8797 Pocahontas Trail, Williamsburg, VA	MARKER
Elkton Historical Marker	101 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921	MARKER
Lafayette Visits Augusta Marker	109 Macartan St, Augusta, GA 30901	MARKER
New Kent Road Marker	9193 Barhamsville Road, Toano, VA	MARKER
Elkridge Landing Marker	67HG+3V8 Catonsville, Maryland	MARKER
Sign of the Ship Tavern Marker	230 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801	MARKER
Bald Friar Ford & Ferry Marker	749 Old Conowingo Rd, Conowingo, MD 21918	MARKER
Waterman Tavern Marker	463 Chaplin Dr, Coventry, RI 02816	MARKER
Lafayette 1824 Marker	1501 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701	MARKER
Churchville Marker	2900 Churchville Rd, Churchville, MD 21028	MARKER
Stuyvesant-Fish House Marker	21 Stuyvesant St, New York, NY 10003	MARKER
Mitchell House Marker	131 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921	MARKER
Providence Forge Marker	8927 Pocahontas Trail, Providence Forge, VA 23140	MARKER
Joseph Tatnall House Marker	1803 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19802	MARKER
Malvern Hill Marker	37° 23.508′ N, 77° 14.652′ W	MARKER
Campaign of 1781-Henrico Marker	37° 36.675′ N, 77° 27.413′ W	MARKER
Boswell's Tavern Marker	11193 Louisa Rd, Gordonsville, VA 22942	MARKER
Revolutionary War Campaign of 1781-Prince William Marker	17785 Fraley Blvd, Dumfries, VA 22026	MARKER
Campaign of 1781 King William Marker	37° 34.687′ N, 76° 50.719′ W	MARKER
Richards Oak Marker	1789 Conowingo Rd, Colora, MD 21917	MARKER
Lafayette 1825 Marker	130 Gillespie St, Fayetteville, NC 28301	MARKER
Lafayette and Cornwallis Marker	37° 53.29′ N, 77° 27.967′ W	MARKER
Campaign of 1781 Caroline Marker	100 Courthouse Lane, Bowling Green, VA	MARKER
Lafayette at Colonel Rigby's Marker	2424 Castleton Rd, Darlington, MD 21034	MARKER
Cooper's Mill Marker	9614 Richmond Rd, Lanexa, VA 23089	MARKER
Campaign of 1781-Louisa Marker	37° 56.05′ N, 78° 6.68′ W	MARKER
Burnt Ordinary Marker	3140 Forge Rd, Toano, VA	MARKER

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