What was the Marquis de La Fayette's Role in the French revolution? : r/AskHistorians
As a French person who studied the American revolution, it seams that the Marquis de la Fayette is more of a hero of the American revolution than the French one. In the musical Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda, La Fayette seams to wish to be anti-monarchist and free his people. From what I understand he seemed more on the side of the king. Did he wish for a more British like constitutional monarchy, did he support the rioting in Paris or is it more subtle than that? Oh LaFayette. I feel for the guy. I think the most apt, one-word description I've heard of him was that he was an "idealist"; I agree whole-heartedly. LaFayette is sometimes called "The Hero of Two Worlds", but as the French Revolution became more radical he was seen as far more of a traitor than a hero, and in 1793 could plausibly have been called the most hated man among the Revolutionaries. His reputation certainly was more pristine in America than in France. LaFayette was emphatically NOT anti-monarchist, in fact very few
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