Regiment Royal-Lorraine Cavalerie

Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie 15 e régiment de cavalerie
Royal standard of the regiment 1761 to 1791
active	1671 to 1803
Country	France
Armed forces	french army
Armed forces	cavalry
Type	regiment
Location	Lille
Patron saint	St. George
motto	Noli irritare leonem.
commander
commander	last: Chef de brigade Gaspard Thierry
Important commanders	Mestre de camp Joseph d'Adhémar de Monteils de Castellane

The Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie (last as 15 ^e régiment de cavalerie ) was a regiment of heavy cavalry, established in the Kingdom of France during the Ancien Régime . It was still in service during the First Republic and the French Consulate .

Lineup and significant changes

• August 9, 1671: Establishment of the Régiment de Grignan cavalerie
• October 13, 1703: Renamed the Régiment de Flèche cavalerie
• 1717: Renamed the Régiment de Luynes cavalerie
• July 6, 1732: Renamed the Régiment de Chevreuse cavalerie
• June 9, 1736: Renamed the Régiment d'Ancenis cavalerie
• October 28, 1739: Renamed the Régiment de Brancas cavalerie
• February 1, 1749: Renamed the Régiment des Salles cavalerie
• December 1, 1761: Reinforced by the incorporation of the dissolved Régiment de Toustain cavalerie and renamed the Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie
• January 1, 1791: renamed 16 ^e régiment de cavalerie
• 1792: Renamed to 15 ^e régiment de cavalerie
• September 24, 1803: Conversion into the 24 ^e régiment de dragons

Mestres de camp lieutenants and colonels

(Since from December 1, 1781 the regiment owner - ie the "Mestre de camp" was the king himself, from then on it was commanded by a deputy, the "Mestre de camp-lieutenant". During the revolution this rank was replaced by the "Colonel" and replaced from 1793 to 1803 by the Chef de brigade )

• August 9, 1671: Mestre de camp Joseph d'Adhémar de Monteils de Castellane, chevalier de Grignan
• November 1689: Mestre de camp Louis Provence d'Adhémar de Monteils de Castellane, marquis de Grignan
• October 13, 1703: Mestre de camp marquis de Flèche
• 1717: Mestre de camp Charles Philippe d'Albert, duc de Luynes
• July 6, 1732: Mestre de camp Marie Charles Louis d'Albert, duc de Chevreuse (son of the previous one)
• June 9, 1736: Mestre de camp de Béthune-Charost, duc d'Ancenis
• October 28, 1739: Mestre de camp Louis Paul, marquis de Branca
• February 1, 1749: Mestre de camp Louis Antoine Gustave, comte des Salles
• December 1, 1762: Mestre de camp-lieutenant Rémi Charles de Viray, marquis de Toustain
• 3rd January 1770: Mestre de camp-lieutenant Antoine Henri, comte d'Andlau
• March 14, 1783: Mestre de camp-lieutenant Pierre Georges Félicien Boffin, comte de Pusignieu
• November 16, 1788: Mestre de camp-lieutenant Armand, vicomte de Rouault
• September 15, 1791: Colonel Boniface Louis André de Castellane
• October 21, 1791: Colonel Jean-Baptiste de Thumery
• May 27, 1792: Colonel Pierre Nicolas Joseph du Bourguet de Laroque-Travanet
• 4th January 1793: Chef de brigade Hilaire Le Blanc
• December 16, 1793: Chef de brigade Étienne François Barthod
• November 26, 1797: Chef de brigade Jean Lhuillier
• February 2, 1800: Chef de brigade Claude Trouble

Furnishing

Standards

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  Standard of the Régiment des Salles Cavalerie and all others from 1738 to 1761

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  Standard from 1761 to 1791 (front)

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  Reverse of the standard Royal-Lorraine

In 1738 the standards were carmoisine red in color. This year the previous embroidery, a bursting bomb or grenade with the overlying foreign exchange band in Italian "Che peri, pur che m'innalza" was replaced by the royal sun and the motto "Nec pluribus impar". The regiment was the only one in the whole army whose standards were rolled up in white cases (bourses blanches). After being renamed “Royal-Lorraine” in 1761, like all regiments with the attribute “Royal”, it was given a blue standard. This showed the generally used view on the obverse, while the large coat of arms of the Duchy of Lorraine was on the reverse. The use of the white case was still permitted.

Only under Louis XV. a kettle drum was assigned to the regiment .

Uniformity

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  1740 to 1757

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  Régiment des Salles cavalerie 1757 to 1762

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  Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie 1762 to 1767

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  Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie 1767 to 1776

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  Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie 1776 to 1779

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  Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie 1779 to 1786

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  Régiment Royal-Lorraine cavalerie 1786 to 1791

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  15 ^e régiment de cavalerie 1791 to 1803

Battle calendar

Dutch War

→ Main article : Dutch War

• In 1672 the Chevalier de Grignan joined the Prince de Condé's army with his regiment consisting of three companies . The following year it was commanded to the army of Maréchal Turenne in Germany.
• 1674: used in the battle of Sinsheim , the battle of Enzheim and in the battle of Mulhouse .

Turenne on the march to Türkheim

• 1675: Battle of Türkheim . After Turenne's death, the regiment fought during the retreat of the army in the battle near Altenheim (Bas-Rhin) . After deploying in the siege of Haguenau and Zabern , it spent the following winter in Brittany , where it was involved in suppressing unrest.
• In 1676 the regiment was assigned to the army in Flanders, where it participated in the capture of Condé-sur-l'Escaut , Bouchain and Aire .
• 1677: Siege of Valenciennes, Battle of Cassel and capture of Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) .
• 1678: Siege of Ghent and battle of Saint-Denis
• In 1680 and 1681 the "Régiment de Grignan" was in the field camp in Artois and in 1681 in the one on the Lauter.

Reunion War

→ Main article : War of the Reunion (1683–1684)

• In 1684 it was part of the cover corps for the troops who carried out the siege of Luxembourg .

The next three years there was no use, the unit was in the camp on the Saône .

War of the Palatinate Succession

→ Main article : War of the Palatinate Succession

• 1688: Siege of Philippsburg The Capitaine de Montégut took over command of the regiment, as the Chevalier de Grignanc had to leave the combat zone because of a wound.
• In 1689 the regiment passed to Louis Provence d'Adhémar de Monteils de Castellane, marquis de Grignan and remained in Germany until the Peace of Rijswijk .

War of the Spanish Succession

→ Main article : War of the Spanish Succession

• 1702: Relocation to Flanders with a battle near Nijmegen .
• 1703: Battle of Eckeren and First Battle of Höchstädt

That same year, the Marquis de Grignan died near Thionville to smallpox . The regiment now passed to the Marquis de Flesché as the new regiment owner and Mestre de camp. At this time there is no information about the activities of the regiment. It is only known that it was used in Flanders, where in 1713 the body company of the "Régiment de Luc" was incorporated. In 1717 it went to the Mestre de camp Charles Philippe d'Albert, duc de Luynes and was seconded to the Pyrenees Observation Corps in 1719.

War of the Polish Succession

→ Main article : War of the Polish Succession

When the War of the Polish Succession broke out, it moved to the Rhine, still as Régiment de Luynes, but under the command of Mestre de camp-lieutenant Marquis de Chevreuse (a son of Duc de Luynes).

• 1734: Siege of Philippsburg
• 1735: Battle of Klausen in the army of François de Franquetot, duc de Coigny
• 1738: Garrison in Pont-à-Mousson and then in Ancenis

War of the Austrian Succession

→ Main article : War of the Austrian Succession

• In 1741 he was assigned to the "Armée de Flandre" (Army of Flanders).
• 1743: The regiment left Antwerp in February and was involved in the Battle of Dettingen that same year .

The Maréchal de Saxe

Subsequently ordered back to Flanders, the regiment was assigned to the army of the Maréchal de Saxe .

• Used in 1744 in the Battle of Fontenoy and in the capture of Tournai , Termonde and Ath .
• 1746: Used in the siege of Mons , Charleroi and Namur , battle near Raucoux.
• 1747: Battle of Lauffeldt
• 1748: Siege of Maastricht

He then returned to France with a garrison in Vitry, 1750 in Vassy , 1752 in Valenciennes , 1753 in Mézières and Vaucouleurs , 1755 in Verdun and 1756 in Montauban . At the end of 1756 the unit stood on the coast of Normandy and was commanded from there the following year to Germany to the army of the Prince de Soubise .

Seven Years War

→ Main article : Seven Years War

• 1757: Battle of Roßbach
• 1758: Capture of Kassel , battle near Sandershausen , battle near Lutterberg
• 1759: Battle of Bergen and battle near Korbach . The town of Holthausen, which was occupied by the regiment, was attacked and taken away, and the regimental commander, the Comte de Salles, was taken prisoner.
• 1760: Battle of Warburg and Battle of Kampen Monastery
• 1761: Battle of Vellinghausen and in the battle near Westhoven.

Relocated to France at the end of the year, it was given the royal title on December 1, 1761, and from then on served under the name "Royal-Lorraine". At the same time, the remains of the dissolved "Régiment de Toustain cavalerie" were incorporated.

Until the beginning of the Revolutionary Wars, the regiment was no longer used.

On April 14, 1763, the unit was completed in Montreuil-sur-Mer and in the same year moved to Calais , 1764 to Valenciennes, 1765 to Pontivy and Rennes , 1766 to Hesdin , 1768 to Rouen and in the same year to Saint-Mihiel .

In 1770 the regiment was in Belfort , 1772 in Dôle , 1773 in Arras , 1774 in Charleville, 1776 in Vitry, 1778 in Saarlouis , 1779 in Douai , 1780 in Angers , 1782 in Toul , 1784 in Vitry and 1788 in Niort , from where one Escadron 1789 to Châtellerault and another 1790 to Saint-Jean-d'Angély was posted. In 1791 the regiment was complete and was garrisoned in Givet and Mouzon , and in 1792 in Nancy .

Wars of the Revolution and the First Empire

→ Main article : coalition wars

In 1791 the regimental names were replaced by numbering. It was now called "16erégiment de cavalerie" (for a while with the addition "Ex-Royal-Lorraine") until the previous No. 15 (ex Royal-Allemand) emigrated and its number became free.

Until 1794 the regiment was part of the "Armée des Ardennes" (Ardennes Army). In 1795 it belonged to the "Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse" (Sambre-Maas Army), from 1796 to 1797 to the "Armée de Rhin-et-Moselle" (Rhine and Moselle Army) and then until 1798 to the "Armée du Rhin" ( Rhine Army). From the end of 1898 to 1800 the regiment was in Paris and then went back to Germany.

In 1791 the regimental names were replaced by numbering. It was now called "16 ^e régiment de cavalerie" (for a while still with the addition "Ex-Royal-Lorraine") until the previous No. 15 (ex Royal-Allemand) emigrated and its number became free.

Until 1794 the regiment was part of the "Armée des Ardennes" (Ardennes Army).

After the peace agreement, the unit was commanded to Italy, where it was garrisoned in Castel-Pusterlengo, Verona and Lodi (Lombardy) .

• May 3, 1800  : Second battle near Stockach

After the peace agreement, the unit was commanded to Italy, where it was garrisoned in Castel-Pusterlengo, Verona and Lodi.

At the end of the consulate , the regiment was converted into a dragoon regiment by decree of September 24, 1803 and was given the name "24 ^e régiment de dragons"

literature

• Cinquième abrégé de la carte du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer - Depuis novembre 1737, jusqu'en décembre 1738 , Lemau de la Jaisse, Paris 1739
• État militaire de France pour l'année 1762 , by MM. Montandre-Longchamps, chevalier de Montandre, et de Roussel, cinquième édition, chez Guyllin, Paris 1762
• État militaire de France pour l'année 1765 , by MM. Montandre-Longchamps, chevalier de Montandre, et de Roussel, septième édition, chez Guyllin, Paris
• Chronique historique-militaire , Pinard, tomes 3, 4, 5 et 7, Paris 1761, 1761, 1762 et 1764
• Général de brigade Philippe Peress 31, rue Hoche 49400 Saumur . (French)
• Musée des Blindés ou Association des Amis du Musée des Blindés 1043, route de Fontevraud, 49400 Saumur. (fr.)

Footnotes

1. ^ Ordonnance du 1er décembre 1761, État militaire de France pour l'année 1762 , p. 380.
2. ↑ Since the 15 ^e Régiment de cavalerie (ex Royal-Allemand ) had completely emigrated after the execution of the king, the numbering shifted one place down from no. 16 onwards
3. ↑ also called Mestre de camp en second
4. ↑ M. de La Jisse "Carte du militaire pour l'année 1738"
5. ↑ It may have been reduced to one trunk during this time

Web links

• Historique "Susane" du regiment Royal Lorraine cavalerie , sur le site http://www.ancestramil.fr/
• Planche de cavalerie dite légère, française et étrangère de Régiments sous Louis XV , de Lucien Mouillard , sur le site http://pfef.free.fr/P_Centrale.htm sur l ' Ancien Régime (voir 30e régiment)