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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Born on September 6, 1757

269

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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (French:; September 6, 1757 – May 20, 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War.

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