Royal Navarre Cavalerie Regiment

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Régiment Royal-Navarre cavalerie
21 e régiment de cavalerie

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Standard of the Regiment Royal-Navarre Cavalerie
active 1647 to 1803
Country Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg France
Armed forces Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg Armée de terre
Armed forces cavalry
Branch of service Heavy cavalry
Type Cuirassier Regiment
Location Beauvais
Patron saint St. George
commander
commander Last: Chef de brigade Ythier Sylvain Pryvé
Important
commanders

Mestre de camp Comte d'Illes

The Régiment Royal-Navarre cavalerie (last: 21 e régiment de cavalerie) was a cuirassier regiment in the army of the King of France and in the army of the First Republic .

Formation history

After the unsuccessful siege of Lleida in May 1646 ( Franco-Spanish War ), in January 1647 the Viceroy of Catalonia granted Joseph d'Ardenne d'Arragon, comte d'Illes a patent for the establishment of a cavalry regiment in the service of the French crown. It was initially called the "Régiment d'Ardenne", but has been known as the "Régiment d'Illes" since an unknown date

  • 1647: Establishment of the Régiment d'Ardenne cavalerie or Régiment d'Illes cavalerie
  • February 1, 1675: Change of regiment owner, renaming to Régiment de Bezons cavalerie
  • August 8, 1679: Dissolution, the company "Mestre de camp" was incorporated into the "Régiment Grignan cavalerie" by order of August 15.
  • January 15, 1684: Establishment of the Régiment de Bezons cavalerie as a follow-up unit
  • September 26, 1684: Dismissed, the "Mestre de camp" company was incorporated into the "Régiment de Tallard cavalerie" by order of October 1.
  • August 20, 1688: re-established as Régiment de Bezons cavalerie
  • 1693: Renamed to: Régiment de Balivières cavalerie
  • December 20, 1696: Renamed: Régiment de Saint-Pouanges cavalerie
  • 1721: Renamed to: Régiment de Bougard cavalerie
  • 1728: Renamed to: Régiment d'Aumont cavalerie
  • July 20, 1743: Renamed: Régiment du Prince Camille cavalerie
  • February 1, 1749: Renamed to: Régiment de Vienne cavalerie
  • 1759: Renamed to: Régiment de Damas cavalerie
  • December 11, 1761: Incorporation of the "Régiment de Moustier cavalerie" and renaming to: Régiment Royal-Navarre cavalerie
  • January 1, 1791: renamed: 22 e régiment de cavalerie
  • 1792: Renamed to: 21 e régiment de cavalerie
  • September 24, 1803: Disbanded

Standards

Until 1791, the regiment kept a red standard with gold embroidered decorations (fleurs de lys) and the sun of Louis XIV. Above it was the currency ribbon with the king's motto. The standard was fringed with gold.

  • Régiment de Prince Camille cavalerie,

  • Regiment de Vienne Cavalerie

  • Royal Navarre Cavalerie Regiment

  • 21 e régiment de cavalerie (from 1791)

Uniformity

Horsemen of the Royal Navarre. Drawing in the Musée de l'Armée (Paris).

  • 1740 to 1757

  • 1757 to 1762

  • 1762 to 1767

  • 1767 to 1776

  • 1776 to 1779

  • 1791

Regimental commanders

Mestre de camp was the rank designation for the regiment owner and / or the actual commander of a cavalry regiment until 1791. (From 1791 the rank Mestre de camp was replaced by Colonel and from 1793 to 1803 by Chef de brigade. After that it was called Colonel again.) If the Mestre de camp is a person of the high nobility who is in charge of leadership of the regiment had no interest (or was too inexperienced), the command was left to the "Mestre de camp lieutenant" (or "Mestre de camp en second"). From 1791 there were no more regimental owners.

  • January 6, 1647: Mestre de camp Joseph d'Ardenne d'Arragon, comte d'Illes
  • December 10, 1673: Mestre de camp Jacques de Pouilly de Lançon
  • February 1, 1675: Mestre de camp Jacques Bazin de Bezons, marquis de Bezons
  • March 30, 1689: Mestre de cam Antoine Cornu, marquis de Balivières
  • 1690: Mestre de camp: Comte d'Auneuil
  • December 20, 1696: Mestre de camp François Gilbert Colbert, marquis de Saint-Pouanges
  • January 1716: Mestre de camp Marquis de Chambonas
  • 1721: Mestre de camp de Bougard
  • August 14, 1728: Mestre de camp Louis Marie Augustin, duc d'Aumont, Peer of France
  • July 20, 1743: Mestre de camp Camille Louis de Lorraine, prince de Marsan
  • February 1, 1749: Mestre de camp Comte de Vienne
  • 1759: Mestre de camp Jacques François, marquis de Damas d'Antigny
  • February 24, 1774: Mestre de camp Antoine Charles Guillaume, marquis de La Roche-Aymon
  • March 10, 1788: Mestre de camp Marie François Emmanuel, duc de Crussol
  • October 21, 1791: Colonel Joseph François Régis Camille de Serre de Saunier, marquis de Gras
  • February 5, 1792: Colonel Dominique de Diettmann
  • May 27, 1792: Colonel Raphaël de Casabianca
  • May 15, 1793: Chef de brigade François Thévenot
  • July 20, 1793: Chef de brigade Nicolas Maurice-Dufort
  • May 6, 1794: Chief de brigade Jean-Baptiste Duclos
  • February 22, 1794: Chef de brigade Jean-Baptiste André Rifflet
  • December 21, 1794: Chef de brigade Jean-Baptiste Duclos
  • September 3, 1799: Chief de brigade Ythier Sylvain Pryvé

It is no longer possible to determine whether and / or when the respective mestre de camp led his regiment himself or left it to the “mestre de camp en second” as his representative.

Battle calendar

The regiment was used in the following wars:

Franco-Spanish War

The regiment saw its first use with the second siege of Lleida and the capture of Àger (a village near Lleida). In 1648 the battle for Tortosa followed . After that it was garrisoned in Barcelona for four years . In 1650 and 1651 it was involved in the defense of the city.

In 1657 the regiment left Catalonia to reinforce the French troops in Italy. Back in Catalonia the following year, it took part in the last two campaigns of the war, only to be abdicated on April 18, 1661. The Compagnie du mestre de camp (the personal company of the regiment owner) remained as a tribe for reorganization.

On April 1, 1668 there was a reorganization to four companies in Metz and Gorze. It was commanded to the border of Lorraine and retired on May 14 of the following year. The Compagnie du mestre de camp was kept as a tribe again.

Dutch War

The regiment was set up again on March 3, 1672. In Flanders it was under the command of M. de Lançon

This was followed by the campaign in Alsace under the command of Maréchal de Turenne

Back in Flanders in 1677 he took part in the sieges of Valenciennes , Cambrai and the battle of Saint-Denis (1678)

The regiment was abdicated on August 6, 1679 - re-established in January 1684, it was released on September 26 and reactivated on August 20, 1688.

War of the Palatinate Succession

Here it took part with the Armée du Rhin (Rhine Army) in the siege of Philippsburg (1688) , then moved to Flanders and fought in all important battles.

The highly committed regiment was deployed to guard the Flemish heights near Mons in the following years.

War of the Spanish Succession

The regiment fought in:

With Marshal de Villars , it moved to Swabia and Franconia in 1706 . Back in Flanders followed the:

  • Battle of Malplaquet where it was reduced so much that it had to be sent to Franche-Comté to be refreshed . In 1712 it came back to the Rhine Army and fought in:
  • Battle at Landau

and at:

  • Siege of Freiburg (1713)

War of the Polish Succession

War of the Austrian Succession

With the Armée du Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine Army) deployed in Westphalia and Bohemia. Then relocation to Flanders.

Seven Years War

The regiment was involved in six campaigns.

Coalition wars

In 1791 the regiment was with the Rhine Army and then with the Northern Army

In 1799 he was transferred to the Armée d'Italie, where it remained until 1800.

The dissolution took place by decree of September 24, 1803 in Nevers . The escadrons were divided:

an escadron to the 15th e régiment de cavalerie
an escadron to the 16th e régiment de cavalerie
an escadron to the 17th e régiment de cavalerie
a détachement to the 2 e régiment de carabiniers

garrison

Footnotes

  1. ^ The "Mestre de camp" company was always the regimental owner's personal company. If the regiment holder only held this post pro forma, she was subordinate to the "Mestre de camp en second"
  2. ↑ Order of December 1, 1761, État militaire de France pour l'année 1762. p. 380.
  3. ↑ the regiment Royal-Allemand cavalerie as No. 15 had emigrated, all subsequent ones moved one position forward
  4. ↑ Cinquième abrégé de la carte générale du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer , Lemau de la Jaisse, Paris 1739

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 1760. par les sieurs de Montandre-Longchamps, troisième édition, chez Guyllin, Paris 1760.
  • État militaire de France pour l'année 1762. by MM. Montandre-Longchamps, chevalier de Montandre, et de Roussel, cinquième édition, chez Guyllin, Paris 1762.
  • Histoire de la cavalerie française. Louis Auguste Victor Vincent Susane, J. Hetzelet C °, Paris, 1874.
  • Chronique historique-militaire. Pinard, chapters 3, 5, et 6, Paris 1761, 1762 et 1763.

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