Gilbert Motier de La Fayette

Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (born c. 1380, Auvergne, Fr.—died Feb. 23, 1462, Auvergne) was a marshal of France during the Hundred Years’ War and noted adviser to King Charles VII. After serving in Italy under Marshal Jean le Meingre Boucicaut in 1409, he became steward of the Bourbonnais. In the wars with England, Jean I, duc de Bourbon, made him lieutenant general in Languedoc and Guyenne. After victories over the English and the Burgundians...