![]() ![]() He inherits great wealth from the La Rivière estate that includes a thousand acres of land, farms in Brittany, and business investments in the Indies. ġ759 August 1: Lafayette's father, Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert Motier - a colonel in the Louis XV's army-is killed in action in Minden, Germany while fighting against the British during the Seven Years' War.ġ759 November 2: Adrienne de Noailles, the future wife of the Marquis de Lafayette, is born in Paris.ġ768 September: At age 11, Gilbert moves to Paris and attends the Collège du Plessis.ġ770 April 3: Lafayette's mother, Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière, dies at the age of 33.ġ770 April 11: Gilbert decides to join the King's Musketeers, influenced by his grandfather's military experiences in the unit.ġ770 April 24: Lafayette's maternal grandfather dies. ![]() 1757 Sept 6: Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is born at Chateau Chavaniac in the Auvergne region of southern France. ![]()
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