Does anyone know who was the Frenchman who trained the American Army in the American Revolution? -Thanks?

Answer 1

That would be Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette. The second part is how he is commonly known. He was made an honorary citizen for helping us beat the British.

Answer 2

Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (or Lafayette) (September 6, 1757–May 20, 1834) was a French aristocrat and military officer. La Fayette is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the American and French revolutions. In 2002, he was posthumously made an Honorary Citizen of the United States; there are only six Honorary Citizens.

La Fayette served in the American War of Independence both as a general and as a diplomat, serving entirely without pay in both roles. He was a key figure in the early phases of the French Revolution, serving in the Estates General and the subsequent National Constituent Assembly. He was a leading figure among the Feuillants, who tried and failed to turn France into a constitutional monarchy, and commander of the French National Guard. Widely considered responsible for the "Massacre of the Champ de Mars", he subsequently lost his leading role in the Revolution. On August 19, 1792, after the Jacobin party seized control of Paris and the National Assembly and ordered the arrest of Lafayette, he fled France and was arrested by the Austrian army in Belgium. Thereafter, he spent five years in various Austrian and Prussian prisons, eventually being released in 1797, at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte. He continued to be active in French and European politics until his death in 1834.

(This was coppied from the wikipedia page on him, from the general information section.)
At the bottom of the page it gave some external links for more info.

heres the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette

Answer 3

Lafayette is the guy you're looking for (little tidbit...Fayette County in southwestern PA is named after him). My understanding is that Baron Von Steuben (Steubenville, OH is named after him) had more to do with the training aspects than Lafayette did though. It's been a while since I've done any Revolutionary War reading though, so that's just a recollection from books I read a few years ago.

Answer 4

The Marquis de Lafayette who was inspired by the American Revolution that he participated in the French Revolution

Answer 5

I think you are mixing up two people, the Frenchman LaFayette who was a military commander and the German von Steuben who helped train the army.

Answer 6

Lafayette. Washington as President returned the favor by saving Lafayette's life in the French Revolution. The revolutionary government was going to execute him.

Answer 7

Well, I don't know of any french that helped train the Revolutionary forces, there was a Baron Friedrich Von Steuben, a Prussian general that trained the colonial army.

Answer 8

The Marquis de Lafayette.

Answer 9

That would be Jean Paul Retreat, he was busy cooking during the main battles though.

Answer 10

Since only one French name seems to come to mind when I read your inquiry.....It must be PE Pe LePew......He is famous and surely had something to do wih the stinkin war...!!!