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The son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and Adrienne de La Fayette, he was named after George Washington. He lived in exile in America, served in the French army, and accompanied his father on his visit to America in 1824 and 1825.
Georges Washington de La Fayette, Georges-Louis-Gilbert Dumotier de La Fayette à l'état civil 1, né le 24 décembre 1779 à Paris et mort le 29 novembre 1849 (à 69 ans) à Courpalay (Seine-et-Marne), est un militaire et homme politique français.
Georges Washington Motier de Lafayette, the only son of the Marquis de Lafayette, lived with the Washingtons in Philadelphia and at Mount Vernon for two years during his father’s imprisonment. He had managed to escape France when the rest of his family was arrested during the French Revolution.
Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette.
George Washington met the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette on August 5, 1777, less than a week after the Continental Congress appointed the young Frenchman to be a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army. Lafayette was assigned to serve on Washington's staff.
The House of La Fayette was a French family of Nobles of the Sword, from the province of Auvergne, established during the Middle Ages by the lords of the fief of La Fayette held by the senior branch of the Motier family. History and members. Its most illustrious members are:
Georges Washington de La Fayette, Georges-Louis-Gilbert Dumotier de La Fayette w stanie cywilnym, ur. 24 grudnia 1779 w Paryżu i zmarł dalej 29 listopada 1849 (69 lat) w Courpalay ( Seine-et-Marne), jest francuskim żołnierzem i politykiem.
