Marquis+de+LaFayette

(1757-1834)
 * Marquis de LaFayette**

http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/lafayett.html Marquis was born in a very rich family. Growing up he was trained to be a solder. Marquis faught in the battle of Brandywine where he was wounded in the leg. When he was getting prepared to get treated George Washington told the doctors "Take care of him as though he were my son". After he recovered from the wound, he participated in the defeat of British in the siege of Yorktown.

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/images/lafayette.jpg

Marquis' ansestor, Charles VII, was a marshel that served in the "Hundred Years War" for France. Layfette was a junior officer in the French army in 1777, when he disobeyed his family and King Louis XVI, and sailed to the 13 colonies. He volunteered to serve in the American army at his own expences. On December 7, 1776, at age 20, he received the rank of Major General from Congress.

Definition- French offecer who faught in the Revolutinary war for America. He participated in the Continental Congress and served under George Washington in the Battle of Brandywine and Valley Forge. He also played a part in the last battle of the Revolutionary, Yorktown.

September 6, 1757- LaFayette was born in France 1777- Crossed the Atlantic to offer his service to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. 1779- He went back to France to assist in dispatching the French Army July, 15 1789- Elected commander of the National Guard July 14, 1790 celebrated at the Festival of Federation about a upcoming free and united community. May 20, 1834- He died in Paris