Royal Piemont & Italian - Montigny - 1772

drew and engraved with a burin these engravings, which were colored and highlighted with gouache at the time, taken from the book *Military Uniforms*, which features intaglio engravings of the uniforms of the King’s Household, of all the regiments of France, 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 PIEMONT in 1670       (Plate No. 128)
- Royal ITALIAN in 1671 (Plate No. 65)


The Royal Piedmont Regiment was a former cavalry regiment of the French Army. Originally raised in Turin in 1670 by the Duke of Savoy, it left its mark on the military history of the Ancien Régime under several successive names: [1, 2]

• 1670: Raised in Turin under the name Regiment of the Prince of Piedmont.
• 1671: Officially ceded to Louis XIV, while remaining under the honorary ownership of the Prince of Piedmont.
• 1690: Confiscated by Louis XIV due to the Duke of Savoy’s alliances with enemy powers (the League of Augsburg) and renamed the Royal Piedmont Regiment
• 1791: Reorganized during the Revolution to become the 14th Cavalry Regiment.
• 1825: Its traditions were later carried on by the 23rd Dragoon Regiment

The Royal-Italian Regiment was a foreign infantry regiment created in the service of the Kingdom of France in 1671 by decree of Louis XIV. [1] History and Formation

• Date of Formation: March 27, 1671.
• Founder: Count Bardo di Bardi Magalotti, then a captain in the French Guards. [1]
• Initial objective: To recruit soldiers in Italy and Piedmont in anticipation of the Dutch War. The count succeeded in raising approximately 4,000 men divided into 27 companies

Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 8.5 cm