11th Hussar Regiment (France)
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The 11th Hussar Regiment was a hussar
regiment in the French Army
. It was raised on 28 July 1793 from personnel of the 24th Mounted Chasseurs Regiment. An early member of the regiment was Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais
. It was renamed the 29th Dragoon Regiment on 24 September 1803.
A new 11th Hussars was set up on 18 August 1810 by splitting off personnel from the Dutch Hussars Regiment (régiment des hussards hollandais) within the French Army. It was disbanded in 1814 upon the Bourbon Restoration
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A third 11th Hussar Regiment was set up at Sidi-Bel-Abbès in 1873, formed of one squadron from the 1st Chasseurs and other squadrons from the 1st, 3rd and 8th Hussars - this regiment was disbanded in 1919.
Hussar
Hussar refers to a number of types of light cavalry which originated in Hungary in the 14th century, tracing its roots from Serbian medieval cavalry tradition, brought to Hungary in the course of the Serb migrations, which began in the late 14th century....
regiment in the French Army
French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
. It was raised on 28 July 1793 from personnel of the 24th Mounted Chasseurs Regiment. An early member of the regiment was Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais
Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais
Pierre David Édouard de Colbert-Chabanais was a general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his unbreakable loyalty to Napoleon I.-Revolution:...
. It was renamed the 29th Dragoon Regiment on 24 September 1803.
A new 11th Hussars was set up on 18 August 1810 by splitting off personnel from the Dutch Hussars Regiment (régiment des hussards hollandais) within the French Army. It was disbanded in 1814 upon the Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration
The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
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A third 11th Hussar Regiment was set up at Sidi-Bel-Abbès in 1873, formed of one squadron from the 1st Chasseurs and other squadrons from the 1st, 3rd and 8th Hussars - this regiment was disbanded in 1919.