<P> Marie - Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier , Marquis de Lafayette ( French : ( maʁki də la fajɛt ) ; 6 September 1757 -- 20 May 1834 ) , in the United States often known simply as Lafayette , was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War . A close friend of George Washington , Alexander Hamilton , and Thomas Jefferson , Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830 . </P>
<P> Marie - Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier , Marquis de Lafayette ( French : ( maʁki də la fajɛt ) ; 6 September 1757 -- 20 May 1834 ) , in the United States often known simply as Lafayette , was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War . A close friend of George Washington , Alexander Hamilton , and Thomas Jefferson , Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830 . </P>
who was the french nobleman who fought on the american side
who was the french nobleman who fought on the american side
Marie - Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier , Marquis de Lafayette ( French : ( maʁki də la fajɛt ) ; 6 September 1757 -- 20 May 1834 ) , in the United States often known simply as Lafayette
Marie - Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier , Marquis de Lafayette ( French : ( maʁki də la fajɛt ) ; 6 September 1757 -- 20 May 1834 ) , in the United States often known simply as Lafayette