Lafayette as a lieutenant general in 1791; portrait by Joseph-Désiré Court | |
Birth name | Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette |
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Nickname(s) | The Hero of the Two Worlds (Le Héros des Deux Mondes)[1] |
Born | 6 September 1757 Chavaniac, France |
Died | 20 May 1834 (aged 76) Paris, France |
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Allegiance | Kingdom of France (1771–1777, 1781–1791) United States of America (1777–1781) Kingdom of France (1791–1792) French Republic (1792) Kingdom of France (1830) |
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Years of service | 1771–1792 1830 |
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Battles/wars | American Revolutionary WarWar of the First Coalition July Revolution |
Awards | Order of Saint Louis |
Spouse(s) | Adrienne de Noailles (m.1774; died 1807) |
Children | 4, including Georges Washington |
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Signature |
Booknotes interview with Lloyd Kramer on Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Identities in an Age of Revolutions, 15 September 1996, C-SPAN |
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Location | Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, France |
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Opening date | 1912[1] |
No. of floors | Five (home store), four (men's store), ten (main store) |
Website | Galeries Lafayette department stores website |