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What military rank did the Marquis de Lafayette receive after returning to France in 1782?
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Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette, chromolithograph by P.S. Duval, 1851.
Upon returning to France in 1782, the Marquis de Lafayette was promoted to the military rank of maréchal de camp, which is equivalent to the rank of brigadier general.1