The Régiment Royal was a

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed Force ...

regiment A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscript ...

that had been enlarged by renaming and uniting older regiments. At the time, the

régiment de l'Altesse A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...

and the régiment Royal became one. The regiment Royal was first started 1656 by the

Duke d'Arpajon Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, t ...

.Nous étions le Nouveau Monde, Jean-Claude Germain, Hurtibise, p145 2009

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Regiment Royal Military units and formations established in 1644 Military units and formations disestablished in 1791 Infantry regiments of the Ancien Régime