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Marquis de Lafayette (view source)
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After returning to war zone, Lafayette was immediately faced with defending [[Richmond, Virgina|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] from [[Benedict Arnold]]. After days of skirmishing, Arnold and [[Charles Cornwallis]] crossed paths and effected a juncture of their units. Now outnumbered, Lafayette was forced to retreat - relying on General [[Anthony Wayne]] to catch up with him and the pursuing Cornwallis. On June 4, 1781 the juncture between Lafayette's and Wayne's army was made, and the now outnumbered Cornwallis was forced to retreat, only to be cut off by Lafayette on September 7, 1781. In [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]], Virginia, the combined forces of what was now Washington's, Lafayette's, Wayne's and [[Friedrich von Steuben]]'s armies forced Cornwallis to surrender.<ref name="virt" />
After returning to war zone, Lafayette was immediately faced with defending [[Richmond, Virgina|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] from [[Benedict Arnold]]. After days of skirmishing, Arnold and [[Charles Cornwallis]] crossed paths and effected a juncture of their units. Now outnumbered, Lafayette was forced to retreat - relying on General [[Anthony Wayne]] to catch up with him and the pursuing Cornwallis. On June 4, 1781 the juncture between Lafayette's and Wayne's army was made, and the now outnumbered Cornwallis was forced to retreat, only to be cut off by Lafayette on September 7, 1781. In [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]], Virginia, the combined forces of what was now Washington's, Lafayette's, Wayne's and [[Friedrich von Steuben]]'s armies forced Cornwallis to surrender.<ref name="virt" />
== Return to France and French revolution ==
In December 1781, Lafayette returned to France and was welcomed as a hero. There he worked with Thomas Jefferson to establish trade agreements between the United States and France.
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After 1782, Lafayette was absorbed with questions of reform in France. He was one of the first to advocate a National Assembly, and worked toward the establishment of a constitutional monarchy during the years leading up to the [[French Revolution]]. [http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/lafayette.html]
In 1791, La Fayette was placed in command of one of the armies formed to attack Austria, but for political insubordination the French Assembly declared him a traitor. He was compelled to take refuge in Belgium where he was taken prisoner by the Austrians for five years, first in Prussian and afterwards in Austrian prisons. He returned to France in 1799.
In 1815, Lafayette was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. He demanded Napoleon I's abdication.
== Last years ==
== Last years ==
He died in 1834; ''his remains were interred beside those of his wife in the cemetery of Picpus in the faubourg Saint-Antoine. He left one son, George Washington Lafayette (1779 - 1849), and two daughters, Anastasie and Virginie; the elder married Charles de Latour Maubourg, and the younger the Count de Lasteyrie.'' [[Ibidem]]
He died in [[Paris]] on May 20, 1834; ''his remains were interred beside those of his wife in the cemetery of Picpus in the faubourg Saint-Antoine. He left one son, George Washington Lafayette (1779 - 1849), and two daughters, Anastasie and Virginie; the elder married Charles de Latour Maubourg, and the younger the Count de Lasteyrie.'' [[http://www.marquisdelafayette.net/]]
In 2002, in honor for his services, Lafayette was made an honorary citizen of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|work=Library of Congress|title=CONFERRING HONORARY CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES POSTHUMOUSLY ON MARIE JOSEPH PAUL YVES ROCHE GILBERT DU MOTIER, THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE|date=2002-07-19|language=English|format=HTML|accessdate=2007-10-10|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr595&dbname=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/lafayette.html|work=Lucidcafe|title=Lafayette|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
In 2002, in honor for his services, Lafayette was made an honorary citizen of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|work=Library of Congress|title=CONFERRING HONORARY CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES POSTHUMOUSLY ON MARIE JOSEPH PAUL YVES ROCHE GILBERT DU MOTIER, THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE|date=2002-07-19|language=English|format=HTML|accessdate=2007-10-10|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr595&dbname=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/lafayette.html|work=Lucidcafe|title=Lafayette|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[http://www.marquisdelafayette.net/ Marquis de Lafayette.]
*[http://www.marquisdelafayette.net/ Marquis de Lafayette.]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/934/000049787/ Marquis de Lafayette.]
==References==
==References==