List of French cavalry regiments of the early modern period

In the Ancien Régime, the French cavalry consisted of different types of troops: the actual cavalry (misleadingly referred to as Cavallerie légère ("light")), the dragoons who originally fought on foot and, from 1694, increasingly also hussars . On the other hand, only the gendarmes of the Guard belonging to the royal household troops were counted as cavalry .

Explanation of the system

The last name (mostly region) and the year of foundation have been added to the list below. This is intended to facilitate comparability. This numbering consistently follows the Ticino line-ups . If several regiments were founded in one year, Ticino added a second number (e.g. "1743/7" = seventh French regiment that was set up in 1743). This is followed by the names of the regiment owners or the name (possibly name of the commander) or the region designation. Ticino decided, unlike Susane, regiments that had not existed for a long time (about 10 years) not to place them in a tradition.

Meaning of the characters used: "*" = foundation, "†" = dissolution, "<" = origin, ">" = whereabouts, "=" = dual function as another standing regiment.

House troops of the king

The king's house troops ( Maison du Roi ) comprised different units that were not only used for representative purposes and for the king's guard duty. Some units were also mounted and were sometimes used as regular mounted troops:

• Gardes du corps
• Gendarmes of the Guard ("Heavy Cavalry")
• Musketeers of the Guard (" Dragoons ")
• Chevau-légèrs
• Grenadiers on horseback

→ Maison militaire du roi de France

cavalry

The actually heavy cavalry in France included the regiments de cavalerie, while the light cavalry consisted of dragoons, hunters for sacrificial horses and hussars.

Ranking cavalry 1758

• Cavalry regiment K 1 Colonel Général (1665/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 1
• Cavalry regiment K 2 Mestre de camp général (1665/2)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 24
• Cavalry regiment K 3 Commissaire Général (1665/3)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 2
• Cavalry regiment K 4 Royal (1635/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 2
• Cavalry regiment K 5 du Roi (1635/49)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 6
• Cavalry regiment K 6 Royal Etranger (1657/10)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 7
• Cavalry regiment K 7 Cuirassiers du Roi (1665/4)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 8
• Cavalry regiment K 8 Royal Cravates (1667/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 10
• Cavalry regiment K 9 Royal Roussillon (1665/5)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 11
• Cavalry regiment K 10 Royal Piémont (1671/9)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 14
• Cavalry regiment K 11 Royal Allemand (1671/10) (German)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 15
• Cavalry regiment K 12 Royal Pologne (1653/6)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 5
• Cavalry Regiment K 13 La Reine (1665/7)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 4
• Cavalry regiment K 14 Royal Picardie (1665/20)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 21
• Cavalry regiment K 15 Royal Champagne (1682/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 20
• Cavalry regiment K 16 Royal Navarre (1672/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 22
• Cavalry regiment K 17 Royal Normandie (1674/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 19
• Cavalry regiment K 19 Le Dauphin> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 12
• Cavalry regiment K 20 Royal Bourgogne (1665/8)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 17
• Cavalry regiment K 21 Berry (1673/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 18
• Cavalry Regiment K 22 Royal Carabiniers (1693/1) - * established in 1693 as Royal Carabiniers> 1791 Carabiners Regiment No. 1 & No. 2
• Cavalry regiment K 23 Artois (1665/9)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 9
• Cavalry regiment K 24 Orleans (1665/10)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 13
• Cavalry Regiment K 25 Chartres
• Cavalry Regiment K 26 Condé
• Cavalry regiment K 27 Bourbon
• Cavalry regiment K 29 Beaupré (from 1776 Condé-dragons)
• Cavalry regiment K 30 Penthièvre
• Cavalry regiment K 30 Noailles
• Régiment de Charost cavalerie (1667–1761)
• Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie (1674–1761)
• Régiment d'Espinchal cavalerie (1673–1761)
• Régiment de Vogué cavalerie (1666–1761)

Cavalry 1779

• Cavalry Regiment Colonel Général (1665/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 1
• Cavalry regiment Royal (1635/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 2
• Cavalry Regiment Commissaire Général (1665/3)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 2
• La Reine Cavalry Regiment (1665/7)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 4
• Cavalry regiment Royal Pologne (1665/6)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 5
• Cavalry regiment du Roi (1635/49)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 6
• Cavalry Regiment Royal Etranger (1657/10)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 7
• Cavalry regiment Cuirassiers du Roi (1665/4)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 8
• Artois Cavalry Regiment (1665/9)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 9
• Royal Cravates Cavalry Regiment (1667/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 10
• Cavalry regiment Royal Roussillon (1665/5)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 11
• Cavalry Regiment Le Dauphin (1668/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 12
• Orleans Cavalry Regiment (1665/10)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 13
• Royal Piémont Cavalry Regiment (1671/9)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 14
• Cavalry Regiment Royal Allemand (1671/10) (German)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 15
• Royal Lorraine Cavalry Regiment (1671/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 16
• Royal Bourgogne Cavalry Regiment (1665/8)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 17
• Berry Cavalry Regiment (1673/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 18
• Royal Normandy Cavalry Regiment (1674/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 19
• Royal Champagne Cavalry Regiment (1682/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 20
• Royal Picardy Cavalry Regiment (1665/20)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 21
• Cavalry regiment Royal Navarre (1672/1)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 22
• Royal Guyenne Cavalry Regiment (1779/1)> 1791 Cavalry Regiment No. 23
• Cavalry regiment Mestre de camp général (1665/2)> 1791 Cavalry regiment No. 24
• Karabinierregiment (1693/1) - * established in 1693 as Royal Carabiniers> 1791 Karabinerregiment No. 1 & No. 2
• Cavalry regiment K 28 La Marche prince

dragoon

Ranking 1758

• Dragoon Regiment DI Colonel Général (1668/6)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 5
• Dragoon Regiment D II Mestre de Camp Général (1674/17)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 10
• Dragoon Regiment D III Royal (1656/5)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 1
• Dragoon Regiment D IV Le Roi (1744/2)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 18
• Dragoon Regiment DV La Reine (1673/14)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 6
• Dragoon Regiment D VI Le Dauphin (1673/15)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 7
• Dragoon Regiment D VII Orléans (1718)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 16
• Dragoon Regiment D VIII Lorraine 1673/16> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 9
• Dragoon Regiment D XIV Thianges

Dragoon 1779

• Royal Dragoon Regiment (1656/5)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 1
• Condé Dragoon Regiment from 1665/11 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 2
• Bourbon Dragoon Regiment from 1665/12 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 3
• Dragoon Regiment Conti from 1667/2 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 4
• Colonel Général Dragoon Regiment (1668/6)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 5
• La Reine Dragoon Regiment (1673/14)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 6
• Dragoon Regiment Le Dauphin (1673/15)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 7
• Penthièvre Dragoon Regiment from 1674/2 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 8
• Lorraine Dragoon Regiment 1673/16> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 9
• Dragoon Regiment Mestre de Camp Général (1674/17)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 10
• Angouleme Dragoon Regiment from 1674/18 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 11
• Artois Dragoon Regiment from 1675/6 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 12
• Dragoon Regiment Monsieur from 1676/8 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 13
• Chartres Dragoon Regiment from 1688/1 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 14
• Dragoon Regiment Noailles from 1688/2 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 15
• Dragoon Regiment Orléans (1718)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 16
• Dragoon Regiment Schomberg from 1743/6 > 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 17
• Dragoon Regiment Le Roi (1744/2)> 1791 Dragoon Regiment No. 18

Hunters on Horseback 1779

• Jägerregiment on Horseback Alsace from 1665/13 > 1791 Jägerregiment on Horseback No. 1
• Jägerregiment on Horseback Eveches from 1673/17 > 1791 Jägerregiment on Horseback No. 2
• Jägerregiment on Horseback Flandre from 1675/5 > 1791 Jägerregiment on Horseback No. 3
• Jägerregiment on Horseback Franche Comte from 1675/7 > 1791 Jägerregiment on Horseback No. 4
• Hainaut Horse Regiment from 1676/7 > 1791 Horse Regiment No. 5
• Hunting regiment on horseback Languedoc from 1676/9 > 1791 Hunting regiment on horseback No. 6
• Jägerregiment on Horseback Picardy from 1779/7 > 1791 Jägerregiment on Horseback No. 7
• Guyenne Horse Regiment from 1779/8 > 1791 Horse Regiment No. 8
• Horse regiment Lorraine from 1779/9 > 1791 Horse regiment No. 9
• Jägerregiment on Horseback Brittany from 17779/10 > 1791 Jägerregiment on Horseback No. 10
• Hunting regiment on horseback Normandy from 1779/11 > 1791 Hunting regiment on horseback No. 11
• Jägerregiment on Horseback Champagne from 1779/12 > 1791 Jägerregiment on Horseback No. 12

Hussars 1779

• Bercheny Hussar Regiment from 1720 > 1791 Horse Regiment No. 1
• Hussar regiment Chamborant from 1735 > 1791 Hunter regiment on horseback No. 2
• Esterhazy Hussar Regiment from 1764 > 1791 Horse Regiment No. 3
• Saxe Hussar Regiment from 1776/1 > 1791 Horse Regiment No. 4
• Colonel Général Hussar Regiment from 1770/13 > 1791 Horse Regiment No. 5
• Lauzun Hussar Regiment from 1783 > 1791 Horse Regiment No. 6

See also

• List of the Standing Armies of the Early Modern Period
• List of French infantry regiments of the early modern period

literature

• Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond d'Alembert: “ Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers ” Paris 1751-1772 - 28 volumes. on-line
• Nicolas d 'Héricourt: Elémens de l'art militaire David Gissey (le jeune) Paris, 1756. Online at Google books
• de Montandre; de Roussel: Etat militaire de France pour l'année 1763 ; Paris 1763. Online at gallica
• Charles Pierre Victor Pajol: Les guerres sous Louis XV . tape 7 . Paris 1881 ( archive.org ).
• Jean-Jaques de Nauyon de Curmont: "Les uniformes e les drapeaux de l'armée du roi": 3 volumes - Marseille 1899
• Louis Susanne: Histoire de la Cavallerie Française ; 3 volume, Paris 1774.
• Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century ; 3 volumes; Biblio Verlag: Osnabrück 1986-1995. ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 . Vol. 1, p. 425ff.

Web links

• French Regiments in the Seven Years War - Private Project Seven Years War (EN)
• French regiments in the Seven Years War - private project (FR)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ticino 1986