Marquis De Lafayette Research Paper

Though he hadn’t set foot on the battlefield, Lafayette would play an important role in the creation of the United States of America.
Marquis de Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, in, Chavaniac, France. To Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette and Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière. He moved in 1759 when his father was killed and his mother moved themselves to Paris. He was raised in Chateau Chavaniac in the mountains of Auvergne until the age of twelve. A fun fact about Marquis de Lafayette is that his full name is Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch Gilbert du Montier but he goes by and is referred to as Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette went to Collége du Plessis in Paris for four years(1769-1773). During this time both, his mother and grandfather died in 1770. As sole heir of his grandfatherś fortune; Lafayette went …show more content…
In 1773 he was protégé of the Noailles(a powerful family member close to the throne). "He then got married to Adrienne de Noailles in 1774, when at the time he was only seventeen." In 1775 he learned about American “insurgents” and like many others he now to wanted to win in a cause “where liberty was opposed to tyranny.” "When the crown didn’t grant him official permission to join the Americans, he met secretly with the American commissioner, Silas Deane." In December of 1776, he contracted to serve as a general in the Continental army. He bought a ship to take him and ten other officers to North America. In 1777 a stranger came to Chaillot and stayed in the house of a gardener. The gardener wouldn’t tell who the man was, what he was doing there, or where he came from. He would only say that he was a gentleman and he wished to remain anonymous. The gardener would from then on always refer to him as “The Gentlemen On The First Floor.” On March 16 at noon, Lafayette left suddenly. He was seen getting into a carriage and speeding off in the direction of