Lafayette was orphaned at a young age on the death of his weathy land owner parents. He married at sixteen to a fourteen year old girl, before travelling at the age of 19 and arrived in North America to assist the colonists in the War of Independence. He gained such influence that he helped write the American Consititution, which was later to be of use in assisting to write the French version after the French Revolution overthrew the monarchy. | Lafayette was orphaned at a young age on the death of his weathy land owner parents. He married at sixteen to a fourteen year old girl, before travelling at the age of 19 and arrived in North America to assist the colonists in the War of Independence. He gained such influence that he helped write the American Consititution, which was later to be of use in assisting to write the French version after the French Revolution overthrew the monarchy. |