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The Régiment de Normandie was created in 1616 from different military groups in
Soldiers of the Sun King
The Régiment de Normandie was created in 1616 from different military groups in Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
by the Maréchal of France Concini
Concino Concini, 1st Marquis d'Ancre (23 November 1569 – 24 April 1617), was an Italian politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of Louis's mother, Marie de Medici, Queen of France. In 1617 he was ki ...
, marquis d'Ancre and the favorite of the Queen Marie de Médicis
Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...
.Rene Chartrand, ''The French Soldier in Colonial America'' (Alexandria, New York, and Bloomfield, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1984), 16–17.See also
*Military of New France
The military of New France consisted of a mix of regular soldiers from the French Army (Carignan-Salières Regiment) and French Navy ( Troupes de la marine, later Compagnies Franches de la Marine) supported by small local volunteer militia units ...
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Regiment De Normandie Military units and formations established in the 1610s Military units and formations disestablished in 1791 Line infantry regiments of the Ancien Régime