Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment
The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (German: Deutsches Königlich-Französisches Infanteries Regiment Zweibrücken, or Royal German Regiment Zweibrücken[1]) was a military unit which served France, raised in the Pfalz-Zweibrücken (French: Deux-Ponts). Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, raised and contracted the regiment to Louis XV[2] of France in a 1751 subsidy treaty.[3][4]
| Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1757–1791 |
| Country |  Palatinate-Deux-Ponts |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Christian of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1752–1817) |
The Regiment served France in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. At the latter, it was commanded by the son of Christian IV, Christian of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, who was with the regiment at the Siege of Yorktown.
France annexed Zweibrücken in 1797, and the Regiment was incorporated into the French Revolutionary Army and designated the 99th Infantry Regiment.
References
- Rattermann 2002, p. ix.
- "Royal Deux-Ponts Infanterie durant le Guerre d'Indépendance" (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- Selig 1993, p. 575.
- Lazer 2019, p. 168.
Sources
- Lazer, Stephen A. (2019). State Formation in Early Modern Alsace, 1648-1789. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-953-1.
- Rattermann, Heinrich Armin (2002). A German Regiment Among the French Auxiliary Troops of the American Revolutionary War: H.A. Rattermann's History. Baltimore: Clearfield. ISBN 0-8063-4910-7.
- 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.