Who was the French personal friend of Washington who provided military assistance during the American Revolu?

Answer 1

Cardinal Richilieu.

Answer 2

The French had ceased by then to inspire Washington with disdain or animosity; he was beginning to render them better justice, but his heart was far as yet from being won. French volunteers had early begun to flock to the American army, some of them as much an encumbrance as a help. “They seem to be genteel, sensible men,” wrote Washington to Congress, in October, 1776, “and I have no doubt of their making good officers as soon as they can learn so much of our language as to make themselves well understood.” One of them, the commander-in-chief learned, was a young enthusiast who had left wife and child to serve the American cause as a volunteer, and without pay, like George Washington himself. He had crossed the ocean, escaping the British cruisers, on a boat called La Victorie, he being called Lafayette. One more encumbrance, audibly muttered the general, who wrote to Benjamin Harrison: “What the designs of Congress respecting this gentleman were, and what line of conduct I am to pursue to comply with their design and his expectation, I know no more than the child unborn, and beg to be instructed.” 4

Answer 3

The Marquis de Lafayette. Check out the site below.