The Marque de Lafayette was born in Chavanic in Haute Lorie, FRANCE on September 6.1757. His given name was Marie Josieph Paul Yues Roch Gilbert du Motier. His Father died at the battle of Miden in the seven years' war or more commonly known as the French and Indian war. He was two. Lafayette Married Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles, he was 16 and she was 14. Lafayette landed in America in 1777. He was wounded in the battle of Brandywine. At Gloucester he defeated a small party of Hessians. In the battle of Ronde Island he served with distinction. the battle of Monmouth Courthouse he was surrounded, and ‘mad’ Anthony wane saved him. In 1781 troops under his command in Virginia blocked Cornwallis until other French and American forces could position themselves for the decisive siege of Yorktown. He arrived in France in 1779.Wen Lafayette returned to France he was pot in house arrest for 9 days. While he was trying to escape from the Rebe=lion in France he was captured in Arustraya and sent to the prison Omuls, he was known as the prisoner of Omuls. Napolean secured his reales in 1797. He died from pneumonia in 1834.In conclusion the Marque de Lafayette had a very busy life.
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