Marie Louise Julie de La Rivière
(1737-1770)
BIRTH
1737
PLACE
France
DEATH
April 3, 1770
PLACE
Paris, France
FAMILY
FATHER
Joseph Yves Thibault Hyacinthe de La Rivière
(c. 1695-1771)
HUSBAND
Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette
(1731-1759)
HOMES
Chateau de Chavaniac
Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Marie Louise Julie de La Rivière (1737–1770), also recorded as Jolie, was the Marquis de Lafayette’s mother. She married Michel du Motier in 1754 and was widowed when he was killed at Minden in 1759. Her son initially remained at Chavaniac while she lived in Paris; he later joined her there. Her death and a maternal inheritance in 1770 made the young Lafayette wealthy. She belonged to a Breton noble family. Sources disagree on her precise death day.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière died on Apr 3, 1770. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière died on Apr 3, 1770, in Paris, France. Marie Louise Julie de La Rivière, also recorded as Jolie, was the Marquis de Lafayette’s mother. She married Michel du Motier in 1754 and was widowed when he was killed at Minden in 1759. Her son initially remained at Chavaniac while she lived in Paris; he later joined her there. Her death and a maternal inheritance in 1770 made the young Lafayette wealthy. She belonged to a Breton noble family. Sources disagree on her precise death day. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
MUSEUM
Chateau de Chavaniac
1 Allée de l'Hermione, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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