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George Washington Lafayette

BIRTH

Dec 24, 1779

France

DEATH

November 29, 1849

Paris, France

FAMILY

FATHER:

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Marquis de Lafayette

(1757-1834)

MOTHER:

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Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette

(1759-1807)

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Lafayette, George Washington

(1779-1849)

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. He was named in honor of George Washington, under whom his father served in the Revolutionary War.

2

BROTHER

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Michel du Motier de Lafayette

(1731-1759)

BROTHER

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Marquis de Lafayette

(1757-1834)

SISTER

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Anastasie du Motier de Lafayette

(1777-1863)

SISTER

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Henriette d'Aguesseau de Noailles

(1737-1794)

SISTER

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Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette

(1759-1807)

SISTER

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Virginie du Motier de Lafayette

(1782-1849)

BROTHER

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Jean de Noailles

(1739-1824)

SISTER

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Henriette du Motier de Lafayette

(1776-1778)

WIFE

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Émilie Destutt de Tracy

(1780-1860)

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Marquis de Lafayette

(1757-1834)

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Edmond du Motier de La Fayette

(1818-1890)

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Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette

(1759-1807)

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Oscar du Motier de La Fayette

(1815-1881)

Places
Image
Address
GPS
Site
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121
MUSEUM
Chateau de Chavaniac
1 Allée de l'Hermione, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
MUSEUM

DIED:

Paris, France

Nov 29, 1849

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.

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