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How old was the Marquis de Lafayette when he became a Continental Army major general?
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Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette, chromolithograph by P.S. Duval, 1851.
The Marquis de Lafayette was 19 years old when he was appointed a major general in the Continental Army.12