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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20...
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    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...
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    (1976). La Fayette et sa descendance. Berger Levraud. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de" ....
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  • Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (13 August 1731 – 9 July 1759) was a colonel in the French Grenadiers. Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert was...
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    of La Fayette held by the senior branch of the Motier family. Its most illustrious members are: Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (1380–1464): Lord of La Fayette...
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    to Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (born 1380) was raised at the court of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon. La Fayette served...
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  • the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence. Michel Le Royer - La Fayette Howard St...
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    units involved in the ISAF. The unit was named in honour of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette. Its headquarters is at Nijrab outpost, near Nijrab, in the...
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  • Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution. Musical precision given by Robert Brécy, Florilège de la...
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    husband, General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, who lived there from 1802 until his death in 1834. Eight years after La Fayette's death, his grandson...
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    States senator Freeman Walker. Chattooga was renamed LaFayette in 1836 after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat who fought in the...
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    The La Fayette Escadrille (French: Escadrille de La Fayette) was the name of the French Air Force unit escadrille N 124 during the First World War (1914–1918)...
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    La Fayette (named after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, pronounced locally "Lay - fay - et") is a village in Stark County, Illinois. It is located...
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    assembly consisted of 264 Feuillants, whose chief leaders, Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette and Antoine Barnave, remained outside the House because of...
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    and year (link) de), Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette (marquis; de), Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette (marquis;...
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    This is a list of places named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French General in the American Revolutionary War. Many of these places were...
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    the name La Fayette, in honour of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette: The aircraft carrier La Fayette (R96), ex-USS Langley. La Fayette (F710) –...
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    Union. Fayette County was founded on December 21, 1837, as a part of Wisconsin Territory. It was named after Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, a French...
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    La Trémoille's kidnapping (including Jean de Bueil, Rais' enemy) acquired "great government and authority" with the sovereign. Gilbert Motier de La Fayette...
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    Lafayette dollar (category Cultural depictions of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette)
    participation in the Paris World's Fair of 1900. Depicting Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette with George Washington, and designed by Chief Engraver...
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    Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, Claude-Adrien Helvétius, Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier, La Mettrie, Louis de Jaucourt, Jean-François...
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    Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat and Revolutionary War hero, was widely commemorated in the U.S. and elsewhere...
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  • Lafayette (redirect from La Fayette)
    surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette House of La Fayette, a French noble family Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834)...
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    to the American volunteer pilots who flew in the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) during World War I. It includes the pilots who flew with the bona fide...
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    captured by the Austrians at Rochefort, being taken prisoner with Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette. However, his release was quickly negotiated while...
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    elsewhere with Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette who had served in the American Revolutionary War together with her husband (François, comte de Simiane...
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    Metz (redirect from Ville de Metz)
    French patriot and American Revolutionary War hero Marquis Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, and Luxembourg-born German-French statesman Robert Schuman...
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    Mount Lafayette (category Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette)
    feet (1,200 m). The mountain is named to honor General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, a French military hero who fought with and significantly...
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    its present boundaries in 1799. The county is named for the Marquis de LaFayette, who moved to the United States to support the colonies rebelling against...
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  • forest. Due to the fame of American Revolutionary War commander Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Lafayette is also a given name in the United States...
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