Marquis de lafayette full name
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Lafayette, published by J. Fielding, Pater-noster Row (London), 1785
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette was born in 1757.
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Before his second birthday, his father, Michel de Lafayette, was killed at the battle of Minden during the Seven Year's War. At the age of twelve, his mother and grandfather died, leaving him a young, wealthy orphan. On April 9, 1771, at the age of fourteen, Lafayette entered the Royal Army.
When he was sixteen, Lafayette married Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles — allying himself with one of the wealthiest families in France.
Portrait of Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles
18th century, artist unknown
At a dinner on August 8, 1775, Lafayette heard the Duke of Gloucester speak with sympathy of the ongoing struggle in the colonies.
He made clandestine arrangements with Silas Deane, a liaison between France and the colonies, to travel to America and join the revolutionary cause.
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