Georges Washington de La Fayette
(1779-1849)
BIRTH
December 24, 1779
PLACE
France
DEATH
November 29, 1849
PLACE
Paris, France
FAMILY
MOTHER
Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette
(1759-1807)
BROTHER
Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette
(1731-1759)
SISTER
Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau
(1737-1794)
BROTHER
Jean de Noailles
(1739-1824)
SISTER
Adrienne de La Fayette
(1759-1807)
SISTER
Henriette du Motier
(1776-1778)
SISTER
Anastasie du Motier de La Fayette, Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg
(1777-1863)
SISTER
Virginie du Motier de Lafayette
(1782-1849)
WIFE
Émilie Destutt de Tracy
(1780-1860)
CHILDREN
Oscar de La Fayette
(1815-1881)
CHILDREN
Edmond de La Fayette
(1818-1890)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette. In April 1795, Georges was sent to America with Frestrel. On 18 September 1797, the family was released under the terms of the treaty of Campo-Formio (18 October 1797). He was named in honor of George Washington, under whom his father served in the Revolutionary War.
EARLY LIFE
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. Benjamin Franklin, John and Sarah Livingston Jay, and John and Abigail Adams met there every Monday, where they dined with the La Fayette family and with the liberal nobility, including Clermont-Tonnerre, Madame de Staël, Morellet, and Marmontel.
In April 1795, Georges was sent to America with Frestrel. While there, he studied at Harvard University, and he was a house guest of George Washington at the presidential mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at the Washington family home, Mount Vernon in Virginia.
On 15 October 1795, Georges' mother was sent to join his father and his sisters, Anastasie and Virginie, in the prison fortress of Olmütz. All of their money and baggage were confiscated. On 18 September 1797, the family was released under the terms of the treaty of Campo-Formio (18 October 1797). They recuperated at Lehmkuhlen, Holstein, near his aunt Madame de Montagu and great-aunt Madame de Tessé.
CAREER
DEATH
Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette. On 18 September 1797, the family was released under the terms of the treaty of Campo-Formio. In April 1795, Georges was sent to America with Frestrel. All of their money and baggage were confiscated. George Washington Lafayette died on Nov 29, 1849, in Paris, France. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
MUSEUM
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mount Vernon, VA 22121
MUSEUM
Chateau de Chavaniac
1 Allée de l'Hermione, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Georges Washington de Lafayette, the Marquis de Lafayette’s son, distinct from his father. Virginie de Lasteyrie’s memoir concerns his mother and family. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution — Mike Duncan. [Related biography of his father] Find on Amazon
2. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered — Laura Auricchio. [Related biography of his father] Find on Amazon
3. General and Madame de Lafayette: Partners in Liberty’s Cause in the American and French Revolutions — Jason Lane. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
4. Life of Madame de Lafayette — Virginie Lafayette de Lasteyrie. [Related memoir of his mother by his sister] Find on Amazon
5. The Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series — Dorothy Twohig (editor). [Related primary correspondence; series counted once] Find on Amazon
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