La Fayette, Gilbert Motier de (c.1380–1462)
| French soldier who won distinction during the Hundred Years' War. In 1420 he was created Marshal of France for his successes over the English and Burgundians on the Loire. He commanded French forces at Bauge in 1422, and fought with Joan of Arc at Orléans in 1429. |
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