Royal-La Marine

Royal-La Marine was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France, established in 1669. It was involved in the events later on known as Day of the Tiles, which took place in Grenoble on June 7, 1788. The last unit of the regiment was incorporated into the 23 demi-brigade in March 21, 1797 and the regiment ceased to exist.

History

 * December 20, 1669 : creation of Royal-La Marin regiment.
 * 1671 : marching with the French Army
 * January 1, 1791 : renamed "60th Infantry Regiment" (French: « 60e régiment d'infanterie de ligne »)
 * 1769 : the 1st battalion was reformed by incorporation into the 20th demi-brigade of line infantry.
 * March 21, 1797 : reformed, the 2st battalion was incorporated into the 23 demi-brigade of line infantry and the regiment ceased to exist

Flags
Royal-La Marine Regiment had three flags: one "blanc Colonel" (white cross with golden fleur-de-lis), and two "drapeaux d'Ordonnance" (blue and auroras)

Colonels and Mestres de camp

 * December 24, 1669 : Henri Charles de Beaumanoir, marquis of Lavardin
 * 1672 : N., comte de Clere
 * November 1, 1674 : Antoine de Pas, marquis of Feuquières
 * August 4, 1676 : Louis-Fauste de Brichanteau, marquis of Nangis, brigadier since April 26, 1689, † 22 août 1690
 * September 3, 1690 : Louis Armand de Brichanteau, marquis of Nangis, brigadier le since October 26, 1704, maréchal de camp since June 19, 1708, lieutenant général since March 8, 1718, maréchal de France since February 11, 1741, † October 8, 1742
 * September 12, 1699 : Charles d’Angennes de Poigny, count of Angennes de Poigny, brigadier since June 19, 1708, † September 11, 1709
 * October 1, 1709 : Louis Desmarets de Maillebois, baron of Châteauneuf, brigadier since February 1, 1719
 * January 10, 1727 : Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin, marquis, then duke of Antin, brigadier since August 1, 1734, maréchal de camp since February 10, 1743, † December 9, 1743
 * March 10, 1734 : Louis de Durfort Duras, knight, then count, then duke of Lorges, brigadier since February 20, 1743, maréchal de camp since June 1, 1745, lieutenant général since May 10, 1748, † December 10, 1775
 * May 26, 1745 : Joachim de Dreux, knight, then marquis of Dreux, brigadier since 1745, Maréchal de camp since 1748, lieutenant général since December 17, 1759
 * February 1, 1749 : Louis-Marie-François-Gaston de Lévis, marquis of Mirepoix, brigadier since July 13, 1756
 * July 28, 1759 : Louis-Marie de Chapelle, count of Jumilhac
 * December 1, 1762 : Charles-Emmanuel, knight of Saint-Mauris
 * June 22, 1767 : Philippe-Mathieu-Marie, count of Lons
 * January 1, 1784 : Agricole-Marie de Merle, marquis of Ambert
 * July 25, 1791 : Marie-Joseph-Gabriel-Apollinaire Morard d’Arcès
 * November 23, 1791 : Henri-François Morille de Boulard.

Campaigns and battles
On December 20, 1669, Jean-Baptiste Colbert published an ordonnance, which allowed the creation of two regiments. They are named "Royal-La Marine" and "Amiral".

Royal-La Marine regiment is matched with the Flotte du Ponant.

The Royal French Navy had a lack of marine officers. On December 26, 1669, a "Garde de Monsieur l'Amiral" (also named "Garde de Monsieur le comte de Vermandois") is created to restore a group of marine officers.

The only service at sea for these regiments was brief. In August 1670, they board on Duquesne fleet to go to the Canaries Islands and Green Cape, and were back in Brest on March 11, 1671.

On August 13, 1704, during Second Battle of Höchstädt, Royal-La Marine fait partie of Ferdinand de Marsin's army reserve force (which supported the French-Bavarian army).

On June 27, 1743, Royal-La Marine took part in the Battle of Dettingen. The next year, it took part in the sieges of Menen, Ypres and Veurne, before joining Maurice de Saxe's army in Courtai.

Between 1779 and 1782, the regiment took part in military operations in the Antilles.

Famous people who were in the Regiment

 * Joseph Claude Vincent de Kermoysan, French knight, was Captain of the Regiment between 1740 and 1750.
 * In 1780, Amateur-Jérôme Le Bras des Forges de Boishardy, son of a musketeer, entered the Regiment, where he stayed twelve years.
 * In the same year, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, future Marshal of France and then King of Sweden and Norway, began his military career by entering the regiment as a soldier at the age of 17. In 1789, he became sergeant.