Friday, 21 November 2025

Flags Carried By French Infantry Regiment Villequier; Le Tellier; La Motte 1706-1713

Raised 3rd February 1706 by d'Aumont de Villequier

Given 1709 to N. Le Tellier

Given 1712 to N. De La Motte




The heraldic merlettes (birds without beaks or claws) on the Villequier flag are taken from the Aumont coat of arms.

 


Service:

Garrisons in Flanders

Hall mentions service at the sieges of 1708 Lille and 1709 Tournai but the detailed Kronoskaf accounts of those sieges with their orders of battle make no mention of this regiment.

Disbanded 31st December 1713

Uniform unknown! 

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