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  2. Adrienne de La Fayette - Wikipedia

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    Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette (2 November 1759 – 25 December 1807), was a French marchioness. She was the daughter of Jean de Noailles and Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau . [ 1 ]

  3. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - Wikipedia

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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette [a] (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette [a] (/ ˌ l ɑː f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington ...

  4. Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), who played a significant role in the American and French Revolutions. [ 1 ] He fought during the Seven Years' War against the British and was killed in battle by British cannon fire. [ 9 ]

  5. House of La Fayette - Wikipedia

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    The fief La Fayette was raised to a marquisate by Letters patent in about 1690. [1]Brigadier des armées René-Armand Count and Marquis de La Fayette (1659–1694), son of Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693), and François Motier, comte de La Fayette (1616–1683), died on 12 September 1694 of an illness in Landau during the Nine Years' War.

  6. Georges Washington de La Fayette - Wikipedia

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    Zoom-in of The oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération showing young Georges Washington de La Fayette. Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette.

  7. Battle of Minden - Wikipedia

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    Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert Paulette du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette and colonel aux Grenadiers de France, was killed when he was hit by a cannonball in this battle. [14] La Fayette's son, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, was not even two years old at that time.

  8. Women's March on Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The units had a history of cooperation and a military sense of mutual respect, and Lafayette, who had been sleeping, awoke and intervened. The two groups of soldiers were reconciled by Lafayette and a tenuous peace was established within the palace. [49] The Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834)

  9. List of last words (19th century) - Wikipedia

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    — Adrienne de La Fayette (24 December 1807), French marchioness who married Marquis de Lafayette "I have peace of mind. It may arise from stupidity, but I think it is founded on a belief of the Gospel. My hope is in the mercy of God through Jesus Christ." [4] — Fisher Ames, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 July 1808)