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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marchese di La Fayette ([maʁˈki də la faˈjɛt]; Château de Chavaniac, 6 settembre 1757 – Parigi, 20 maggio 1834), è stato un generale e politico francese con cittadinanza statunitense, protagonista sia della Rivoluzione americana prima sia della Rivoluzione francese poi.
- La Fayette, Eroe dei due mondi
- Parigi, 20 maggio 1834
- Cimitero di Picpus
- Chavaniac-Lafayette, 6 settembre 1757
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, né le 6 septembre 1757 au château de Chavaniac près de Saint-Georges-d'Aurac (Auvergne, actuel département de la Haute-Loire), et mort le 20 mai 1834 à Paris (ancien 1 er arrondissement), est un officier et homme politique français, célèbre en raison de son engagement dans les rangs ...
- Le Héros des deux Mondes
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (/ ˌ l ɑː f iː ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/, French:), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in ...
- The Hero of the Two Worlds (Le Héros des Deux Mondes)
- 1771–1792, 1830
- Major general (U.S.), Lieutenant Général (France)
- Order of Saint Louis
- Early Life
- Revolution in America
- Revolution in France
- Later Years
Lafayette was born on 6 September 1757 at the Château de Chavaniac, an austere, fortress-like estate in Auvergne, about 500 km (300 mi) south of Paris. The rather militant design of the family chateau perfectly reflected the La Fayette family's military tradition, stretching back to the founding of the family by one Pons Motier, who was granted the...
After Great Britain's 13 American colonies asserted their independence, the fledgling United States knew it needed foreign support if it hoped to win a war against one of the world's foremost powers. As part of their efforts, American diplomats in Paris looked to enlist French officers to take commissions in the Continental Army in return for train...
After being reunited with his wife and three children back in Auvergne, Lafayette worked to establish stronger Franco-American ties, advocated for the rights of French Protestants, and argued for the abolition of slavery. In the meantime, the late 1780s found France in a steadily increasing state of chaos, facing a financial crisis, large-scale une...
Following his release, Lafayette spent the next few decades out of the public eye, in his home of La Grange. Although his son, George Washington Lafayette, briefly served in Napoleon's army, Lafayette himself disapproved of the emperor and played little role in national affairs for the duration of Napoleon's reign as well as the Bourbon Restoration...
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marchese di La Fayette ([maʁˈki də la faˈjɛt]; Château de Chavaniac, 6 settembre 1757 – Parigi, 20 maggio 1834 ), è stato un generale e politico francese con cittadinanza statunitense, protagonista sia della Rivoluzione americana prima sia della Rivoluzione francese poi.
Le marquis Gilbert Motier de La Fayette ( note) demeure après plus de deux siècles le principal trait d'union entre la France et les États-Unis. Mais son rôle historique ne se résume pas à ses années de jeunesse passées à combattre aux côtés des « Insurgents » américains.
Generale e uomo politico (Saint-Roch de Chavagnac, Alvernia, 1757 - Parigi 1834). Deputato della nobiltà agli Stati generali (1789), cercò un accordo con il Terzo Stato. Scoppiata la rivoluzione, ebbe il comando della Guardia nazionale e sostenne l'instaurazione di una monarchia costituzionale.
