Lafayette got married to the Noailles Duke's daughter
The second of the Duke and Duchess d'Alene's five daughters, Adrienne de Noailles was born in Paris in 1760. The duke started seeking for suitable partners for his daughters in 1772, and Lafayette seemed like a decent match for Marie Adrienne Francoise. Based on the age difference between Lafayette and Marie, the duke's wife disapproved. Particularly, Marie was just 12 years old and Lafayette had just turned 14. Nevertheless, she agreed that they appeared to be a good fit for one another and worked out a plan with her husband. They managed to arrange regular, informal meetings for Lafayette and Marie while also keeping their engagement a secret. This provided them many opportunities to get to know one another and even develop romantic feelings.
She married Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, a wealthy and titled orphan who was 16 years old at the time, five months after turning 14, after having been engaged to him for years. The early years of their marriage were spent in the opulent Hôtel de Noailles, where Adrienne had spent her childhood due to a condition added into the marriage contract that required the pair to remain with Adrienne's parents until they were old enough to have their own home. They were able to have four children together after getting married in 1774 however Henriette, one of the children passed away in infancy. Around 1807, Adrienne experienced a relapse of the fever and arm and leg swelling-accompanied sickness that initially struck her at Olmütz and was only described as "a breakdown of the blood." On Christmas Eve in 1807, Madame de Lafayette passed away.
