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.
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