What was marquis de Lafayette was like?

Answer 1

Monseigneur Maria Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Baron de Vissac Signeur de St Romain was born on September 6, 1757, in the wilderness of Chavaniac. Little Lafayette stayed in Chavaniac with his grandmother and his aunt until he was 11. By La Fayette's second birthday, his father had been killed in the Seven Years' War, notably, by the English. La Fayette was aristocratic, but grew up in relatively meager circumstances when compared to the extravagances common among the French nobles before the French Revolution. In the forest at Chavaniac, he was surrounded by only half-starved peasants.

Answer 2

The thing I find most interesting is that he was one of the richest men in the world. At a time when 500 francs was a working man's wage for a year, his income was around 120,000.