Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
“the king would still be sitting on his throne”
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette commanded Continental Army troops in the decisive siege of Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary War's final major battle…
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politics · French military officer and politician (1757–1834) · military officer · politician · aristocrat · army officer · also Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Le Héros des Deux Mondes, Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette
Born 6 September 1757 · Died 20 May 1834 · Q186652
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2026· 5 entries
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
“I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America, if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of Slavery.”
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The LaFayette Sun: The unfinished inheritance of LaFayette: Grace, progress and the work that remains
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Public attention spiked: 13,694 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.1× the usual 2,670, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Public attention spiked: 11,225 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 2,670, with 0 article edits.
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2002· 2 entries
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Awarded honorary citizen of the United States (2002).
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However, Congress voted to grant him honorary citizenship
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1917· 1 entry
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To gain popular support for America's entry into World War I, culminating with Charles E
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1834· 5 entries
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Died 1834-05-20.
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
“I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America, if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.”
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“Humanity has gained its suit : Liberty will never more be without an asylum.”
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“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.”
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“True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate, just as national sovereignty is above the secondary agreements of the government.”
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1824· 4 entries
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette returned to the United States at a time when Americans were questioning the success of the republic in view of the disastrous economic Panic of 1819 and the sectional conflict resulting in the Missouri Compromi
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
“Lafayette Triumphant – His 1824–1825 Tour and Reception in the United States”
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President James Monroe invited him to the United States as the nation's guest, where he visited all 24 states in the union and met a rapturous reception
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In part to celebrate the nation's upcoming 50th anniversary
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1821· 1 entry
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And by letter attempted to persuade American officials to ally with the Greeks
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1818· 1 entry
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Were the Dutch painter Ary Scheffer and the historian Augustin Thierry, who sat alongside American tourists
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1814· 1 entry
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
The coalition that opposed Napoleon invaded France and restored the monarchy; the comte de Provence (brother of the executed Louis XVI) took the throne as Louis XVIII
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1807· 1 entry
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Adrienne became ill, suffering from complications stemming from her time in prison
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1804· 1 entry
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Bonaparte was crowned the Emperor Napoleon after a plebiscite in which Lafayette did not participate
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1802· 1 entry
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Was part of the tiny minority that voted no in the referendum that made Bonaparte consul for life
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1785· 1 entry
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1785).
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1757· 1 entry
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Born 1757-09-06.
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