Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie

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Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie

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Standard of the Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie (back)
active 1674 to 1761
Country Blason France modern.svg Kingdom of France
Armed forces Blason France modern.svg french army
Armed forces cavalry
Branch of service Cuirassier Regiment
Location Bouguenon ( Lorraine )
commander
commander last: Mestre de camp Marquis de Vibraye

The Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie was a regiment of heavy cavalry in the Kingdom of France . Since it consisted mainly of foreign soldiers, it was a so-called foreign regiment and had the designation "Étranger" in its name.

Formation history

  • March 12, 1674: Establishment of the Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie
  • December 1, 1761: On the Eyes and the Régiment Dauphin cavalerie incorporated

Mestres de camp lieutenants

The regiment was commanded by the Mestre de camp-lieutenant (also called Mestre de camp en second), as the actual Mestre de camp was the Dauphin of France , who was not available for such tasks.

  • March 12, 1674: Joseph de Pons de Guimera, marquis de Montclar
  • November 13, 1691: Raymond Balthasar de Phélipeaux
  • 1696: Comte de Carcado
  • 1706: Marquis de Matignon
  • August 31, 1719: Louis Gabriel Bazin, marquis de Bezons
  • February 24, 1738: Marquis de Polignac
  • August 9, 1742: Louis Armand de Seiglière, marquis de Soyecourt
  • 1759: Marquis de Vibraye

Standards and uniforms

The regiment carried standards made of blue silk.

  • front

  • back

  • Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie de 1740 - 1757

  • Régiment de Dauphin-Étranger cavalerie de 1757–1762

Battle calendar

The regiment was formed in 1674 from individual companies, which in 1688 after the Treaty of Aachen and the end of the War of Devolution were redundant but not dismissed.

War of the Polish Succession

  • 1734 and 1735: Operations with the Armée du Rhin (Rhine Army) in Germany

War of the Austrian Succession

  • 1742: Deployment in Bavaria
  • 1743: in Alsace
  • 1744: Garrison in Zabern
  • 1745: With the army on the Rhine
  • 1746 to 1748: Campaigns in Flanders

Seven Years War

At the beginning of the Seven Years' War the regiment consisted of only two companies and took part in the campaigns in Germany. It stood on August 1, 1757 on the Weser . In the same year it took winter quarters in Brilon .

With the reorganization of the French cavalry in 1761, the regiment was abdicated on December 1 and the remaining riders were incorporated into the Régiment de Dauphin-cavalerie .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cinquième abrégé général du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer , Lemau de la Jaisse, Paris, 1739

literature

  • Cinquième abrégé de la carte générale du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer (Depuis novembre 1737, jusqu'en décembre 1738) , Lemau de la Jaisse, Paris 1739
  • Chronologie historique-militaire , par M. Pinard, chap. 4 & 7, Paris 1761 & 1764
  • Pajol, Charles PV, "Les Guerres sous Louis XV", chap. VII, Paris, 1891, p. 343
  • Liliane & Fred Funcken "Les uniformes de la guerre en dentelle"

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