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
Grey/white coat, blue cuffs, waistcoat, breeches and stockings as here in 1706:
Both flags are really very nice, both very different but equally lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) I rather liked them, despite the unit's somewhat uninteresting history!
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David.
Two great sets of colourful flags, keep it up David.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) Yes, I keep flogging away at the flag face! ;-)
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David.
That Villequier flag is most unusual for French infantry of the time.. I wonder if he had to get a special dispensation??
ReplyDeleteI think a fair number of colonels managed to sneak aspects of their coat of arms onto their flags; it was only later on that the government tightened up on these things, a general tendency through the 18th century. It did make many flags rather more boring, sadly!
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David.
Excellent set of flags David.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) I've so many flags in various stages of progress my head is in a bit of a tizz at present!
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David.
Very colourful ther David and I do like the La Motte one, that has a certain 'Germanic' look to me.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) Yes, the variety of designs on French flags, unified by the usual design of the white cross, is something I find very appealing.
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David.