Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment
Active1757–1791
Country Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Allegiance France
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
SizeRegiment
FacingsYellow
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Comté de Deux-Ponts

The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (French: Régiment Royal-Deux-Ponts; German: Infanterieregiment Königlich Zweibrücken) was a Palatinate-Zweibrücken regiment in French service from 1757 to 1791.

History

The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment was raised by Christian Duke of Deux-Ponts, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld under a treaty made in 1751 between Louis XV and Christian IV of Deux-Ponts, by which the Duke undertook to provide in the event of war a contingent of 1,000 men to France. In 1775 it was commanded by Colonel Christian, Count of Forbach, nephew of the Duke of Deux-Ponts and future Marquis de Deux-Ponts. The Marquis was colonel-commandant from March 10, 1788 until January 1, 1791, when it was absorbed into the French Revolutionary Army as the 99th Infantry Regiment.[1]

American Revolutionary War

The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment left Brest on April 4, 1780 as part of a contingent of four regiments sent by France under the orders of Rochambeau to provide support to the American Revolution.[2] It distinguished itself at Yorktown in October 1781.[3] The regiment returned to France in July 1783.[4]

Uniform

During the American Revolutionary War, the uniform was white with distinctive yellow facings.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Lazer, Stephen A. (2019). State Formation in Early Modern Alsace, 1648-1789. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-58046-953-1.
  2. ↑ Rattermann, Heinrich Armin (2002). A German Regiment Among the French Auxiliary Troops of the American Revolutionary War: H.A. Rattermann's History. Baltimore: Clearfield. p. ix. ISBN 0-8063-4910-7.
  3. ↑ Selig, Robert A. (1993). "A German Soldier in America, 1780-1783: The Journal of Georg Daniel Flohr". The William and Mary Quarterly. 50 (3): 575. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ↑ The Revolutionary Journal of Baron Ludwig von Closen, 1780-1783. Translated by Acomb, Evelyn A. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1958. pp. xxiv–xxvii. OCLC 66280976.
  5. ↑ "Royal Deux-Ponts Infantry during the War for Independance". Nec pluribus impar (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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