5314152 French Revolution-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette 6( September 1757 ? 20 May 1834), often known simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France by Dargent, Jean Edouard (Yan) (1824-99); (add.info.: French Revolution-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette 6( September 1757 ? 20 May 1834), often known simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France. Lafayette was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde nationale during the French Revolution. (illustration by Yan\' Dargent 1824-1899)); SeM Studio/UIG.