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The Régiment de La Couronne (Regiment of the Crown) was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France, created in 1643.




Lineage


1643 : creation of the Régiment de La Reine-Mère (Regiment of the Queen Mother)
1666 : renamed Régiment de Genlis
1666 : renamed Régiment d’Artois
1673 : named Régiment de La Couronne (Regiment of the Crown)
January 1, 1791 : renamed the 45th Line Infantry Regiment
December 3, 1794 : the 1st Battalion was incorporated into the 89th Battle Demi-Brigade (French: 89e demi-brigade de bataille) when that demi-brigade formed.
1795 : the 2nd Battalion was incorporated into the 86th Battle Demi-Brigade (French: 90e demi-brigade de bataille) when it formed.




Equipment






= Regimental Colors

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During the Siege of Maastricht (1673), the Régiment d’Artois was renamed La Couronne (The Crown) as a reward for valor, and awarded new regimental arms, a white cross on an azure background with the motto Dedit hanc Mastrika coronam "Maastricht [lui] a valu cette couronne" (Maastricht won this crown).
9 regimental colors out of which one "white", Colonel and eight for ordinance, "all blue with the French Crown in gold in the middle of each white cross".

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= Uniform

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History






= Colonels and mestres de camp

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June 25, 1643: François-Marie de l’Hôpital, Duke of Vitry, Colonel
June 7, 1757: N. Bruslard, Marquis de Genlis
June 1673: N. Bruslard, Marquis de Gelis-Bethancourt
September 1675: N. Bruslard, Marquis de Genlis
March 12, 1677: Hardouin Bruslard, Chevalier de Genlis
March 30, 1693: N. de Prunier, Marquis de Saint-André
July 26, 1698: Louis, Marquis de Polastron
May 11, 1707: René-François de Froulay, Chevalier de Tessé
February 17, 1712: Jean François Gabriel, Count of Polastron
March 10, 1734: Armand Louis de Béthune, Marquis de Charost, killed in 1735 near Trèves
November 11, 1735: Louis-Ferdinand-Joseph de Croi, Duke of Havré, Colonel-lieutenant
Mars 14 1758: Marie-Alexandre-Léonor-Louis-César de Saint-Mauris, Count of Montbarrey
November 30, 1761: Pierre-Constantin Le Vicomte, Count of Blangy
June 22, 1767: Claude-Antoine de Béziade, Marquis d’Avaray
November 11, 1782: Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste, Count of Choiseul-Gouffier
January 1, 1784: Augustin-Louis-Charles, Marquis de Lameth
October 21, 1791: Joseph-Marie-Anne de Moyria
March 8, 1793: François Goulu




= Campaign and battles

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Régiment de La Couronne
The Regiment de la Couronne was garrisoned in Bonn during the Siege of Bonn (1703) (French: siège de 1703). On October 13, 1703, the marquis Yves d'Alègre, governor of the city, sent the regiment in a counter-attack. Colonel de Polastron was wounded in action during this operation.
45th Line Infantry Regiment
The 45th Line Infantry Regiment participated in the 1792-1793 campaign with the Army of the North (France), and in 1794 with the Army of Sambre and Meuse (French: armée de Sambre-et-Meuse).




See also


Troupes de la marine




References






Sources and bibliographies


Jean Churchill de Marlborough, Histoire de Jean Churchill, duc de Marlborough, vol. 1, Jean Imprimerie Impériale (Paris), 1808, 409 p. (lire en ligne [archive]).
Oscar, vicomte de Poli, Le Régiment de La Couronne : (1643-1791), Paris, Conseil héraldique de France, 1891, 370 p.

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