Georges Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier
| Georges Washington de La Fayette | |
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| Birth name | Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette |
| Born | 1779 |
| Died | 1849 |
| Allegiance |
 French First Republic
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| Years of service | 1800-1807 |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Eylau |
| Relations |
Oscar Thomas Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (1815–1881) Edmond Motier de La Fayette (1818–1890)
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Oscar Thomas Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (1815–1881) Edmond Motier de La Fayette (1818–1890)
Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (1779–1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette.
The elder La Fayette named his son in honor of George Washington, under whom he served in the Revolutionary War.
From 1783, La Fayette grew up in the Hôtel de La Fayette at 183 rue de Bourbon, Paris. Their home was the headquarters of Americans in Paris.
People such as Benjamin Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. John Jay, and Mr. and Mrs. John Adams met there every Monday. They dined with the La Fayette family as well as with the liberal nobility, such as Clermont-Tonnerre, Madame de Staël, Morellet, and Marmontel.
In 1789, the French Revolution began. After 10 September 1792, in the wake of the September Massacres, La Fayette went into hiding with his tutor, Felix Frestrel. His mother was put under house arrest and, later, in prison. On 22 July 1794, his great-grandmother, Catherine de Cossé-Brissac, duchesse de Noailles, his grandmother, Henriette-Anne-Louise d'Aguesseau, duchesse d'Ayen, and aunt, Anne Jeanne Baptiste Louise, vicomtesse d'Ayen, were guillotined.
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