Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment
| Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment | |
|---|---|
 A chasseur of the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (Don Troiani) | |
| Active | 1757–1791 |
| Country |  France |
| Branch | France Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Role | Line infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Facings | Yellow |
| Engagements |
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| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |  Comté de Deux-Ponts |
The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (French: Régiment Royal-Deux-Ponts; German: Infanterieregiment Königlich Zweibrücken) was a line infantry regiment of the French Royal Army raised in the Palatine Zweibrücken which existed from 1757 to 1791. They are an example of the policy of Soldatenhandel.
History
[edit]The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment was raised by Christian IV, Duke of Deux-Ponts, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld, under a treaty made in 1751 between Louis XV and Christian, by which the Duke undertook to provide in the event of war a contingent of 1,000 men to France. In 1775 it was commanded by Colonel Christian, Count of Forbach, nephew of the Duke of Deux-Ponts and future Marquis de Deux-Ponts. The Marquis was colonel-commandant from March 10, 1788 until January 1, 1791, when it was reorganised into the 99th Line Infantry Regiment.[1]
American Revolutionary War
[edit]The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment left Brest on April 4, 1780 as part of a contingent of four regiments sent by France under the orders of Rochambeau to provide support to the American Revolution.[2] It distinguished itself at Yorktown in October 1781.[3] The regiment returned to France in July 1783.[4]
Uniform
[edit]During the American Revolutionary War, the uniform was sky blue with distinctive yellow facings.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lazer, Stephen A. (2019). State Formation in Early Modern Alsace, 1648-1789. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-58046-953-1.
- ^ Rattermann, Heinrich Armin (2002). A German Regiment Among the French Auxiliary Troops of the American Revolutionary War: H.A. Rattermann's History. Baltimore: Clearfield. p. ix. ISBN 0-8063-4910-7.
- ^ Selig, Robert A. (1993). "A German Soldier in America, 1780-1783: The Journal of Georg Daniel Flohr". The William and Mary Quarterly. 50 (3): 575–590. doi:10.2307/2947367. JSTOR 2947367. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ The Revolutionary Journal of Baron Ludwig von Closen, 1780-1783. Translated by Acomb, Evelyn A. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1958. pp. xxiv–xxvii. OCLC 66280976.
- ^ "Royal Deux-Ponts Infantry during the War for Independence". Nec pluribus impar (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
