Royal Normandy, Picardy & Comtois - 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 contains intaglio engravings of the uniforms of the Maison du Roy, of all the regiments of France, the flags, standards, and pennants, along with the dates of their creation and various depictions of military drills, for both the cavalry and the infantry, Paris, 8vo, 1772.

- Royal Normandy in 1674 (Plate No. 135)
- Royal Picardy in 1672 (Plate No. 132)
- Royal Comtois in 1674 – 2nd Battalion (Plate No. 76)

The Royal Normandy Cavalry Regiment The year 1674 marks the origin of this military unit. On March 1, 1674, the regiment was initially raised under the name Broglie Cavalry Regiment. [1]

• History: After changing its name several times at the whim of its successive owners (Charlus, Lévis, La Vaupalière), it would later be given the title Royal-Normandy. [1]
• Succession: At the end of the 18th century, it became the 27th Dragoon Regiment. In military art, there are famous engravings and color paintings depicting a cavalryman from this regiment, captioned with the exact title “Royal Normandy in 1674”.

In 1672, the expression “ Royal Picardie” referred to the deployment of two prestigious French military units—one infantry and one cavalry—at the very outset of the Dutch War declared by Louis XIV. [1] Here is the status of these military units that year: 1. The Picardie Regiment (Infantry) The Picardie Regiment, one of the oldest and most illustrious French infantry regiments (one of the “Vieux Corps”), actively participated in the 1672 campaign: [1, 2]

• Assembly: The unit first proceeded to Charleroi, the assembly point chosen by the king for the royal army.
• Operations on the Rhine: After crossing the Liège region, the regiment took part in the famous Rhine campaign. It distinguished itself by capturing the Orsoy covered road and was deployed during the siege of Doesburg

The Royal-Comtois Infantry Regiment was established on August 9, 1674 by Louis XIV under the original name of the Listenois Regiment, before definitively adopting the title Royal-Comtois in 1685. [1, 2] When it was raised in 1674, during the Dutch War and the second conquest of Franche-Comté, the regiment originally consisted of only a single battalion. The division of infantry regiments into several battalions (including a permanent 2nd battalion) became widespread later during the Ancien Régime (particularly during the military reorganizations of the 18th century).

Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 8.5 cm