Henri Louis La Fayette Villaume Ducoudray Holstein (23 September 1772 Schwedt/Oder, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Prussia[1] - 23 April 1839 Albany, New York) was a soldier in France and South America, and an author in the United States.
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Decoudray Holstein was a officer in the French army under Napoleon, and, after being arrested by the latter, fled to America, where he served under Gen. Simon Bolivar, but, removing to the United States afterward, settled in Albany, New York, where he became a teacher of languages in the academy, and edited The Zodiac.
He married Maria del Carmen (c. 1800 Colombia - 1 May 1855 Albany, New York); they had son Lafayette Ducoudray Holstein (1 August 1826 New York - 7 April 1864).[2]