The '''Marquis de Lafayette''', (Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier) was a French nobleman. He emerged during the [[American Revolutionary War]] and later during the [[French Revolution]], initially as a revolutionary and later as a more conservative force. | The '''Marquis de Lafayette''', (Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier) was a French nobleman. He emerged during the [[American Revolutionary War]] and later during the [[French Revolution]], initially as a revolutionary and later as a more conservative force. |