Colonel (Col.) Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert MOTIER, Marquis de La Fayette

1731 - 1759  (27 years)

• Name	Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert MOTIER
  Prefix	Colonel (Col.)
  Suffix	Marquis de La Fayette
  Birth	13 Aug 1731
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F5E484CF509143ADAB0F7C1D0777793B82FD
  Alt. Last Name	du MOTIER
  Military Service	France
  	French Grenadiers
  Death	9 Jul 1759	Minden, Minden-Ravensberg (now North Rhine-Westphalia), Prussia (now Germany)
  	Cause: Cannonball
  Person ID	I6887	MOTYER Family Genealogy - NitroWings Test
  Last Modified	26 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Edouard MOTIER, Marquis de Vissac,   b. 1669   d. 1740 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Marie Catherine SUAT, Dame de Chavaniac,   b. 1690   d. 1772 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F2342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Louise Jolie RIVIÈRE,   b. 1737   d. 1770 (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1754
  Children	1. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert DU MOTIER, Marquis de La Fayette,   b. 6 Sep 1757, Chavanhac (now Chavaniac-Lafayette), Haute-Loire Department (Département du Haute-Loire), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region (Région du Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), France d. 20 May 1834, Paris, Paris Department (Département du Paris), Île-de-France Region (Région du Île-de-France), France (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F2341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 May 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Military Service - French Grenadiers - - France Death - Cause: Cannonball - 9 Jul 1759 - Minden, Minden-Ravensberg (now North Rhine-Westphalia), Prussia (now Germany)  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Medical):During the Battle of Minden in the Seven Years' War, he was killed by a cannonball, while fighting a British-led coalition in Westphalia.