Marquis de Lafayette

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French aristocrat human military officer revolutionary

Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who became a key ally of the American Revolution and later an influential figure in the French Revolution.

Aliases (8)

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ×23
La Fayette ×1
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier ×1
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette ×1
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ×1
Marquise de Lafayette ×1
de La Fayette ×1
de Lafayette ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French aristocrat → human → military officer → revolutionary →
allegiance	France → Kingdom of France → United States (American Revolution) →
battle	Battle of Brandywine → Battle of Rhode Island → Siege of Yorktown →
birthDate	1757-09-06 →
birthPlace	Chavaniac-Lafayette, Auvergne, France →
burialPlace	Picpus Cemetery, Paris, France →
closeAllyOf	George Washington →
countryOfCitizenship	France → Kingdom of France →
deathDate	1834-05-20 →
deathPlace	Paris, France →
drafted	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen →
friendOf	Alexander Hamilton → George Washington → James Madison → Thomas Jefferson →
fullName	Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier →
givenName	Gilbert →
honorific	Hero of Two Worlds →
ideology	constitutional monarchy → liberalism →
marriageDate	1774-04-11 →
militaryBranch	Continental Army → French Army →
militaryRank	major general →
nobleTitle	Marquis de Lafayette →
notableFor	advocacy of liberty and constitutional government → role in the French Revolution → supporting the American Revolution →
parentOf	Anastasie de Lafayette → Georges Washington de Lafayette → Virginie de Lafayette →
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War → French Revolution → July Revolution of 1830 →
positionHeld	commander of the National Guard of Paris → member of the Estates-General of 1789 → member of the National Constituent Assembly →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Adrienne de Noailles →
supported	American independence → abolition of slavery →
visited	United States in 1824–1825 →

Referenced by (48)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chavaniac-Lafayette ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Fayette County ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Fayette County, Georgia → Fayette County, Kentucky ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Fayette County, Pennsylvania ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Fayette County, West Virginia ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Fayetteville, Georgia → Fayetteville, North Carolina ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Lafayette County, Florida → Lafayette County, Missouri → Lafayette Park, Detroit → Lafayette’s division →	namedAfter
Continental Army → Lafayette’s division → Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	notableCommander
Lafayette → Lafayette ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	alsoKnownAs
Adrienne de Noailles → Hamilton’s light infantry battalion →	associatedWith
American Revolutionary War ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Lafayette’s division ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	commander
Anastasie de Lafayette ("de Lafayette") → Lafayette ("de La Fayette") →	familyName
Anastasie de Lafayette ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Georges Washington de Lafayette ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	father
Lafayette ("Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette") → Marquis de Lafayette ("Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier") →	fullName
Georges Washington de Lafayette → Marquis de Lafayette →	nobleTitle
Adrienne de Noailles ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") → Anastasie de Lafayette ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	relative
Adrienne de Noailles ("Marquise de Lafayette") →	aristocraticTitle
Picpus Cemetery ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	burialPlaceOf
Champ de Mars Massacre →	commandedBy
Monument to Lafayette and Washington in Paris ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	dedicatedTo
Monument to Lafayette and Washington in Paris ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	depicts
Feuillants ("La Fayette") →	hadMember
Georges Washington de Lafayette ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	hasAncestor
Chavaniac-Lafayette →	hasHistoricalFigureAssociated
Society of the Cincinnati ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	hasNotableMember
Valley Forge winter encampment →	hasParticipant
Georges Washington de Lafayette ("Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	hasRelative
Gilbert ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	notableBearer
Anastasie de Lafayette ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	notableFamilyMemberOf
National Constituent Assembly ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	notableMember
Battle of Brandywine →	notableParticipant
Adrienne de Noailles ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	spouse
Adrienne de Noailles ("Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette") →	supported