Complex sentence: Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (1380--22 February 1462) seigneur of La Fayette, Pontgibaud, Ayes, Nébouzac, Saint-Romain and Montel de Gelat was a Marshal of France and an ancestor of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
Split into simpler sentences: Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (1380--22 February 1462) seigneur of La Fayette, Pontgibaud, Ayes, Nébouzac, Saint-Romain and Montel de Gelat was a Marshal of France. He was an ancestor of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.