Royal Roussillon In 1655 & 2nd Battalion - Montigny - 1772

Claude-Antoine Littret de Montigny (1735–1775) drew and engraved these engravings, which were colored and highlighted with gouache at the time, from the book *Military Uniforms*, which features intaglio engravings of the uniforms of the Maison du Roy, all the regiments of France, the flags, standards, and pennants, along with the dates of their creation and various drill formations for both the cavalry and the infantry, Paris, 8vo, 1772.

- Royal Roussillon in 1655 (Plate No. 127)
- Royal Roussillon in 1655 2nd Battalion (Plate No. 53)

The Royal Roussillon Regiment is a famous infantry regiment of the French Royal Army. Although the date 1655 is sometimes cited (the start of troop recruitment), the regiment was officially established on May 25, 1657 by Cardinal Mazarin under the initial name of the Catalan-Mazarin Regiment. After Cardinal Mazarin’s death, the regiment became the direct property of Louis XIV and changed its name several times:

• 1657: Catalan-Mazarin Regiment
• 1661: Royal-Catalan Regiment
• 1667: Royal-Roussillon Regiment (the king preferred the term “Roussillon,” associated with the new French province established by the Treaty of the Pyrenees, to that of “Catalan”).
• 1791: 54th Line Infantry Regiment (during the French Revolution)

Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 8.5 cm