Marquis de Lafayette, in full Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, Lafayette also spelled La Fayette, (born September 6, 1757, Chavaniac, France—died May 20, 1834, Paris), French aristocrat who fought in the Continental Army with the American colonists against the British in the American …

What happened Lafayette?

Lafayette became the first foreign citizen to address the U.S. House of Representatives, which he did on December 10, 1824. … Lafayette retired six months later. He died in 1834 and, in accordance with his wishes, was buried with dirt from Bunker Hill that he and his son had collected during his last trip to America.

What happened to Lafayette after American Revolution?

After the war, Lafayette returned to France where he became a vocal advocate for a democratic republic that maintained a constitutional monarchy. He’d named his first and only son Georges Washington Lafayette and one of his daughters, at friend Thomas Jefferson’s urging, Marie-Antoinette Virginie.