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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
(; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), in the U.S. often known simply as
Lafayette
, was a
French
aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the
American Revolutionary War
. A close friend of
George Washington
,
Alexander Hamilton
, and
Thomas Jefferson
, Lafayette was a key figure in the
French Revolution
of 1789 and the
July Revolution
of 1830.
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