Régiment de La Couronne

The Régiment de La Couronne was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France created in 1643.

Lineage

 * 1643 : creation of the Régiment de La Reine-Mère
 * 1666 : designated as Régiment de Genlis
 * 1666 : designated as Régiment d’Artois
 * 1673 : designated as Régiment de La Couronne
 * January 1, 1791 : designated as 45th Line Infantry Regiment
 * December 3, 1794 : the 1st battalion was reformed by incorporation to the 85th Battle Demi-Brigade (89e demi-brigade de bataille) during the formation of the demi-brigade.
 * 1795 : reformation, the 2nd battalion being incorporated to the 86th Battle Demi-Brigade (90e demi-brigade de bataille) during the formation of the demi-brigade.

Regimental Colors
During the Siege of Maastricht (1673) (siège de Maastricht) in 1673, the Régiment d’Artois was designated as La Couronne (The Crown) for valor in arms accomplishments while receiving a new regimental white color cross on azur background with motto Dedit hanc Mastrika coronam « Maastricht [lui] a valu cette couronne » (accomplishments at Maastricht crowned the regiment).

9 regimental colors out of which 1 "white" Colonel and 8 of Ordinance, « all blue with French Crown in gold in the middle of each white cross ».

Colonels & mestres de camp

 * June 25, 1643 : François-Marie de l’Hôpital, duc de 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, comte de Polastron
 * March 10, 1734 : Armand Louis de Béthune, marquis de Charost, tué en 1735 près de Trèves
 * November 11, 1735 : Louis-Ferdinand-Joseph de Croi, duc d’Havré, colonel-lieutenant
 * Mars 14 1758 : Marie-Alexandre-Léonor-Louis-César de Saint-Mauris, comte de Montbarrey
 * November 30, 1761 : Pierre-Constantin Le Vicomte, comte de Blangy
 * June 22, 1767 : Claude-Antoine de Béziade, marquis d’Avaray
 * November 11, 1782 : Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste, comte de 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

 * Régiment de La Couronne
 * The regiment de la Couronne was garrisoned in the city of Bonn during the Siege of Bonn (1703) (siège de 1703). On October 13, 1703, the marquis d'Allègre, governor of the city, sent the regiment in a counter-attack. Colonel de Polastron was wounded in action during this operation.

The 45th Line Infantry Regiment participated to the campaigns from 1792 to 1793 with the Army of the North (France) (armée du Nord), and in 1794 with the Army de Sambre-et-Meuse (armée de Sambre-et-Meuse).
 * 45th Line Infantry Regiment

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.