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French Hussar Regiments and the Colonels who Led

Them: 1792 to 1815

Part I: 1st - 7th Regiments

ByTony Broughton,FINS

While there are literally thousands of books on the Emperor and his marshals, generals, and

the people who surrounded him very little as been written on the men who commanded his

regiments.

It is my intention to list the colonels who commanded these regiments. Some of them became

famous and others remain as statistics on Regimental rolls. Hopefully it will provide the

reader with an insight as to these individuals.

1st Regiment of Hussars

Created in 1720 as the Hussars de Berchenay, became the 1st Regiment

de Hussars by decree of 1791.

Colonels and Chef de Brigade 1792-1815

1792. Stengel (Henri-Christian-Marie de) - Colonel

1792 Nordman (Joseph-Armand) - Colonel

1793 Glad (Phillipe) - Chef de Brigade

1795 Bougon-Duclos (Louis-Jean-Charles) - Chef de Brigade

1796 De Carowe (Antoine-Henri) - Chef de Brigade

1797 Picard (Joseph) - Chef de Brigade

1803 Rouvillois (Phillipe-Augustin) - Colonel

1807 De Juniac (Jacques-Begougne) - Colonel

1810 Merlin (Antoine-Franois-Eugene) - Colonel

1813 Clary (Franois-Joseph-Marie) - Colonel

1814 Oudinot (Nicolas-Charles-Victor) - Colonel

1815 Clary (Franois-Joseph-Marie) - Colonel

Of the above one attained the rank of General of Division and two the rank of General of

Brigade

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Stengal(Henri-Christian-Marie de)

Born: 11th May 1744

Colonel of 1st Hussars: 16th May 1792

General de Brigade: 1st March 1795

General de Division: 13th June 1795

Wounded Battle of Mondovi 21st April 1796, died of wounds 28th April 1796.

Of Napoleon Stengal stated "that miserable Corsican he wanted to finish me off and now he's

done it."

Picard(Joseph-Denis)

Born: 23rd July 1761

Chef de Brigade of 1st Hussars: 8th January 1797

General of Brigade: 26th February 1803

Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803

Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 22nd June 1804

Baron of the Empire: 1st June 1808

Died: 20th January 1826

Merlin(Antione-Franois-Eugene)

Born: 27th December 1778

Colonel 1st Hussars: 1st September 1810

General de Brigade: 14th July 1813

Chevalier of the Empire: 20th July 1808. Died: 31st August 1854

Colonels killed and wounded while in command of 1st Regiment de Hussars

Colonel Stengal: wounded at battle of Mondovi 21st April 1796,died of wounds 28th April.

Chef de Brigade: Bouglon-Duclos - Died of Fever

Chef de Brigade: Carrowe - Killed at the Battle of Rovero 6th September 1796

Colonel: Rouvillois: Wounded 19th Dec 1806


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2nd Regiment of Hussars

Created in 1735 as the Hussars de Chamborant, renamed the 2nd Regiment de Hussars in

1771.

Colonels and Chefs de Brigade

1792 De Fregeville (Charles-Louis-Joseph de Gau) - Colonel

1793 Barbier (Jean-Franois-Therese) - Chef de Brigade

1793 Rith (Ignace-Wilhem) - Colonel

1806 Gerard (Franois-Joseph) - Colonel

1808 Vinot (Gilbert-Julian) - Colonel

1813 De Seganville (Alexandre-Louis) - Colonel

1814 De Savoie Carignan (Joseph-Marie) - Colonel

Of the above seven the following Colonels attained the rank of

General de Brigade and above.

De Fregeville(Charles-Louis-Joseph de Gau)

Born: 1st September 1762

Colonel 2nd Hussars: 20th September 1792

General de Brigade:15th May 1793

General de Division:28th March 1800

Commander of the Legion d'Honeur: 14th June 1804

Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 27th December 1814

Died: 4th April 1842

Barbier (Jean-Franois-Therese)

Born: 3rd December 1754

Chef de Brigade 2nd Hussars: 15th May 1793

General de Brigade: 7th October 1806

Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th December 1804

Colonel de Fregeville


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Baron of the Empire: 29th June 1808

Died: 6th May 1825

Gerard(Franois-Joseph)

Born: 29th October 1772

Colonel 2nd Hussars: 7th October 1806

General de Brigade: 10th March 1809

General de Division: 29th September 1813

Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th October 1809

Baron of the Empire: 27th November 1808

Died: 18th September 1832

Vinot(Gibert-Julian)

Born: 8th January 1759

Colonel 2nd Hussars: 16th March 1809

General de Brigade: 3rd March 1813

Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1804

Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th September 1807

Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th May 1811

Baron of the Empire: 15th August 1810

Died: 6th June 1838

Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 2nd Hussars.

Chef de Briagade: Barbier wounded 2nd December 1805

Colonel: Gerard wounded 3rd November 1806

Colonel: Vinot wounded 1808

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2nd Hussars from 1805-1815.

Officers Killed: Seven

Officers died of wounds: Five


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Officers wounded: Fifty Nine

Regimental War record 1792-1815. (Battles and Combats)

1792: Grisvelle, Verton, La Croix-aux-Bois, Grand-Pre, Montcheutin, Valmy and Jemmapes

1793: La Roche, Hondschoote, Landrecies, Wissembourg and Edelsheim

1794: Marolles, Fleures, Mons, Anderhoven

1795: Capture of Dutch Fleet at Texel, Schwalbach and Kreutznach

1796: Burg Eberach

1797: Passage of the Rhine at Neuwied

1799: Mannheim, Engen and Hirchberg

1800: Dillerich, Bopfingen, Kelheim and Germersheim

1803: Nienberg

1805: Austerlitz

1806: Halle, Crewitz and Mohrungen

1807: Osterode and Friedland

1809: Medllin and Alcabon

1810: Ronda and Sierra de Cazala

1811: La Gerboa, Los Santos and Albuhera

1812: Somanis

1813: Leipzig

1814: Montereau

1815: Defense of Belfort

Battle Honours

Honschoote 1798, Austerlitz 1805, Friedland 1807, and Medellin 1809.

3rd Regiment of Hussars

Created in 1764 as the hussars de Esterhazy, became the 3rd Regiment de Hussars in 1791.


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1792 De Froissy-Brisson (?) - Colonel

1792 Scheydt dit Cheit (?) - Colonel

1793 De Carrowe (Antoine-Henry) - Chef de Brigade

1793 De Bouchotte (Jean-Baptiste-Noel) - Chef de Brigade

1794 La Houssaye (Armand-Lebrun) - Chef de Brigade

1795 Sultzmann (Jean) - Chef de Brigade

1804 Le Brun (Anne-Charles) - Colonel

1807 Le Ferriere-Levesque (Louis-Marie) - Colonel

1811 Rousseau (Paulin-Louis) - Colonel

1814 Moncey (Marie) - Colonel

Of the 3rd Hussars four Colonels attained the rank of General de Brigade

Houssaye(Armand Lebrun)


Chef de Brigade 3rd Hussars:21st March 1794

General de Brigade: 1st February 1804

General de Division:14th May 1807

Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1804

Baron of the Empire: 22nd November 1808

Died: 19th June 1848

Sultzman(Jean)

Born: 14th May 1740

Chef de Brigade 3rd Hussars: 14th June 1795.

General de Brigade: 14th March 1794.

Died: ?

Le Brun(Anne-Charles)


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Colonel 3rd Hussars: 1st February 1804


General de Division: 23rd October 1812

Died: 21st January 1855

General Le Brun spent many of his years service as Aide de Camp to the Emperor Napoleon

Le Ferriere-Levesque(Louis-Marie)

Born: 9th April 1776

Colonel 3rd Hussars: 8th March 1807

General de Brigade: 13th May 1811

General de Division: 28th November 1813

Comte of the Empire: 28th November 1813

Died: 22nd November 1834

Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 3rd Hussars.

Chef de Brigade: La Houssaye wounded 5th October 1799

Colonel: La Ferriere-Leveque wounded 12th August 1809

Colonel: La Ferriere-Leveque wounded 28th November 1809

Colonel: La Ferriere-Leveque wounded 14th March 1811

Colonel: Rousseau wounded 22nd July 1812

Colonel: Moncey wounded 27th June 1815

Colonel La Ferrier-Leveque was wounded on four occasions while he served with the

Regiment. His first wound being in 1806 at the Battle of Jena, when he held the rank of

Major. He was wounded a further four times during is military career. On the 30th August

1813, 16th October 1813, 30th October 1813, and 7th March 1814.

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3rd Hussars from 1805-1815.

Officers killed: Twelve

Officers died of wounds: Three


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Created in 1776 as the Hussars de Saxe, and named as the 4th

Regiment de Hussars in 1791. Upon its emigration in 1792, the 5th

Regiment of Hussars which had been created in 1793 as the

Colonel-General Regiment de Hussars and numbered as the 5th

Regiment of Hussars in 1791 took their place and became the 4th

Regiment de Hussars by Decree of the 4th June 1793.


1792 Mieskoswki (?) - Colonel

1793 De Barbier (Anne-Dominique-Arnold) - Chef de Brigade

1794 Boye (Charles-Joseph) - Chef de Brigade

1794 Flosse (?) - Chef de Brigade

1796 Merlin (Christophe-Antoine) - Chef de Brigade

1800 Burthe (Andre) - Colonel

1811 Christophe (Jean-Franois) - Colonel

1815 Blot (Louis-Joseph) - Colonel

The 4th Regiment produced the following three Generals.

Boye(Charles-Joseph)

Born: 11th February 1762

Chef de Brigade 4th Hussars: 25th April 1794

General de Brigade: 13 June 1795


Died: 16th May 1832

Merlin(Christophe-Antoine)

Born: 27th May 1771

Colonel 4th Hussars: 25th June 1796

General de Brigade: 1st February 1805

General de Division: 5th January 1814

Died: 9th March 1839

4th Hussars 1806


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Burthe(Andre)


Colonel 4th Hussars: 1st February 1805

General de Brigade: 30th December 1810

Baron of the Empire: 5th October 1808

Died: 2nd April 1830

Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 4th Regiment of Hussars.

None

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4th Hussars from 1805-1815.

Officers killed: Eight.

Officers died of wounds: Three

Officers wounded: Fifty Two

Regimental War record 1792-1815. (Battles and Combats)

1792: Valmy and La Croix-aux-Bois

1793: Maestricht, Aldenhoven, Tirlemont, Hondschoote, Wattingnies

1794: Fleures

1795: Langenheim

1796: Blockade of Mayence

1797: Passage of the Rhine Neuwied

1799: Altiken, Winterthur, and Zurich

1800: Neubourg, Ampfingen and Hohenlinden

1805: Austerlitz

1806: Jena and Lubeck

1807: Liebstadt and Mohrungen

1809: Alcanitz and Belchite

1811: Stella, Chiclana, and Sagonte


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1813: Yecla and Col d'Ordal

1813: Gross Beeren and Leipzig

1814: Lons-le-Saulnier, Saint Georges, and Lyon

1815: Ligny and Waterloo

Battle Honours

Fleurus 1794, Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805, Friedland 1807, and Sagonte 1813.

5th Regiment of Hussars

Created on the 14th September 1783 with the Cavalry of the Legion de Lauzun and numbered

as the 6th Regiment de Hussars in 1791. The regiment was re-numbered as the 5th Regiment

de Hussars by Decree of 4th June 1793.


1793 Ruin (Franois) - Chef de Brigade

1794 Scholtenius (Engleburt) - Chef de Brigade

1794 Schwartz (Franois-Xavier-Nicolas) - Chef de Brigade

1806 Dery (Pierre-Cesar) - Colonel

1809 Meuziau (Charles-Claude) - Colonel

1813 Fournier (Alphonse) - Colonel

1814 Liegeard (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel

Of the above list, two of these men attained the rank of General de Brigade and above.

Schwartz(Franois-Xavier-Nicolas)

Born: 8th January 1762

Chef de Brigade 5th Hussars: 3rd September 1799


Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 15th June 1804


Baron of the Empire: 9th March 1808


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Died: 9th October 1826

Meuziau(Charles-Claude)

Born: 18th February 1777

Colonel 5th Hussars: 21st September 1809


Died: 16 September 1834

Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 5th Regiment de Hussars.

Colonel Dery: wounded 4th February 1807

Colonel Dery: wounded 10th June 1807

Colonel Meuziau: wounded 7th September 1812

Colonel Meuziau: wounded 18th October 1812

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 5th Regiment de Hussars from 1805-

1815

Officers Killed: Nine

Officers died of wounds: Seven

Officers wounded: Ninety Six

Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)

1792: Valmy and Jemmapes.(As 6th Regiment of Hussars)

1793: Wattignies

1794: Blockade of Nimegue

1795: Texel

1797: Neuwied

1799: Ostrach and Stokach

1800: Mosskirch, Biberach, Kirchberg and Hohenlinden

1805: Austerlitz

1806: Crewitz, Stettin, and Golymin


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1807: Waltersdorf, Eylau, Heilsberg and Konigsberg

1809: Eckmuhl and Wagram

1812: Borodino, Winkono, and Berezina

1813: Bautzen, Leipzig, and Hanau

1814: Arcis-sur-Aube

1815: Ligny, Waterloo, and Versailles

Battle Honours

Jemmapes 1792, Jena 1806, Eckmuhl 1809, La Moskowa 1812, and Hanau 1813.


Created as the 7th Regiment of Hussars by Decree on the 23rd November 1792, from the

Hussars Defenseurs de la Libert et de l'Egaliti. Renumbered as the 6th Regiment de Hussars

by the Decree of 4th June 1793.


1792 Paris d'Illins (Antione-Marie) - Colonel

1792 Peltier (Franois-Xavier) - Colonel

1792 Grouchy (Emmanuel de) - Colonel

1792 Lagrange (Adelaide-Blaise-Franois) - Colonel

1793 Kilmaine (Charles-Edouard-Saul-Jennings de) - Chef de

Brigade

1794 Roche (Jean-Baptiste-Gregoire) - Chef de Brigade

1799 Pajol (Pierre-Claude) - Chef de Brigade

1807 Vallin (Louis) - Colonel

1812 Carignan (Joseph-Marie) - Colonel

Of the above nine colonels, seven reached the rank of

General de Brigade and above;one of them reaching

Marechal de l'Empire.

Paris d'Illins(Antoine-Marie)

Colonel LaGrange


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Born: 9th March 1746

Colonel 6th Hussars: 5th February 1792


Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 29th May 1806

Died: Killed in action at the Battle of Ocana 18th November 1809

De Grouchy(Emmanuel)

Born: 23rd October 1766

Colonel 6th Hussars: 8th July 1792

Marechal de Camp: 7th September 1792


Marechal de l'Empire: 15th April 1815

Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th Decenber 1803

Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1807

Grand Aigle of the Legion d'Honneur: 13th July 1807

Died: 27th May 1847

Lagrange(Adelaide-Blaise-Franois-Lelievre)

Born: 21st December 1766

Colonel 6th Hussars: 12th October 1792

General de Brigade : 25th June 1807


Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803

Officer of the Legion d'Honneur:14th June 1803

Died: 21st December 1833

Killmaine( Charles-Edouard-Saul-Jennings de)


Colonel 6th Hussars: 26th January 1793


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General de Division: 15th May 1793

Died: 11th December 1799

Roche(Jean-Baptiste-Gregoire)

Born: 19th November 1767

Chef de Brigade 6th Hussars: 31st December 1794

General de Brigade: 10th July 1799

General de Division: 2nd February 1808

Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 8th June 1804

Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 18th July 1804

Baron of the Empire

Died: 27th April 1845

Pajol(Pierre-Claude)

Born: 3rd February 1772

Chef de Brigade 6th Hussars: 21st July 1799


General de Division: 7th August 1812

Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803


Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th April 1809

Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 19th February 1814

Baron of the Empire: 19th March 1809

Count of the Empire: 25th November 1813

Peer of France: 2nd June 1815

Died: 20th March 1844

Vallin(Louis)


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Born: 16th August 1770

Colonel 6th Hussars: 1st March 1807


Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th March 1804

Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th May 1809

Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 13th Septeber 1813

Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 1st June 1813


Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 6th Regiment de Hussars.

Chef de Brigade Roche: wounded 5th April 1799

Colonel Vallin: wounded 25th April 1809

Colonel Vallin: wounded 8th May 1809

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 6th Regiment de Hussars from 1805-

1815

Officers killed: Three

Officers died of wounds: Two

Officers wounded: Fifty-Six


1793: Wattignies

1794: Villers en Cauchie

1795: Capture of the Dutch Fleet

1800: Hoshstett, Nordlingen, and Neubourg

1805: Ulm and Altenmarkt

1809: La Piave, Raab, and Wagram

1812: Krasnoe, Smolensk, and Borodino

1813: Mockern, Lutzen, Bautzen, Reichenbach, Dresden, and Leipzig


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1814: La Rothiere, Champaubert, Vauchamps, Athies, Reims, La Frere-Champenoise, and

Paris.

1815: Ligny and Rocquen-court

Battle Honours

Jemmapes 1792, La Moskowa 1812, Dresde 1813, and Champaubert 1814.


Formed by Decree of 23rd November 1792 as the 8th Regiment de Hussars, from the Hussars

de Lamothe. Renumbered the 7th Regiment de Hussars by Decree of

4th June 1793.


1792 Lamothe (?) - Colonel

1792 Boyer (Etienne-Gabriel) - Colonel

1794 Marisy (Frederic-Christophe-Pierre-Claude) - Colonel

1803 Rapp (Jean) - Colonel

1803 Marx (Daniel) - Colonel

1806 Colbert (Pierre-David dit Edouard) - Colonel

1809 Custine (Robert-Nicolas-Gaspard) - Colonel

1810 Eulner (Guillaume-Joseph) - Colonel

1814 Marbot (Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcellin) - Colonel

Four Colonels rose to higher ranks, they were:

Marisy(Frederic-Christophe-Henri-Pierre-Claude)

Born: 8th July 1765

Colonel 7th Hussars: 23rd June 1794


Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1804


Colonel de Marisy


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Baron of the Empire: 22nd November 1808

Died: 1st February 1811, assassinated in Spain

Rapp(Jean)

Born: 25th April 1772

Colonel 7th Hussars: 2nd May 1803

General de Brigade: 7th September 1803

General de Division: 24th December 1805


Commandant of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1803

Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th June 1811

Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur: 23rd August 1813

Count of the Empire: 28th January 1809

Died: 8th November 1821

Marx(Daniel)

Born: 23rd January 1761

Colonel 7th Hussars: 21st August 1803





Baron of the Empire: 1808


Colbert(Pierre-David dit Edouard)

Born: 8th October1774

Colonel 7th Hussars: 30th December 1806



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General de Division: 25th December 1813

Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 1806

Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 1807

Commandant of the Legion d'Honneur: 17th July 1809

Baron of the Empire: 28th May 1809


Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 7th Regiment de Hussars

Colonel Marisy: wounded 5th August 1796

Colonel Colbert: wounded 17th July 1807

Colonel Eulner: wounded 7th September 1812

Colonel de Marbot: wounded 18th June 1815

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 7th Regiment de Hussars 1805-1815

Officers killed: Eight

Officers died of wounds: Two

Officers wounded: Sixty Nine


1793: Pirmasens

1794: Treves, Grevenmachen, Siege of Mayence

1795: Mannheim

1796: Bopfingen, Neubourg, Villingen, Siege of Kehl, and Lichtenau

1798: Soleure, Berne, Coure, and Einsieden

1800: Engen, Nesselwangen, Feldkirch, and Salzbourg

1805: Mariazell, Affleng, and Austerlitz

1806: Gera, Zehbenick, Prentzlow, Stettin, Lubeck, Czenstowo, andGolymin

1807: Eylau, Heilsberg, and Konisberg

1809: Peising, Ratisbonne, Raab, Wagram and Znaim


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1812: Vilna, Smolensk, Ostrowro, and Borodino

1813: Borna, Altenbourg, Leipzig, and Hanau

1814: Vauchamps, Montereau, Reims, Laon, and Paris

1815: Fleurus and Waterloo

Battle Honours

Jena 1806, Heilsberg 1807, La Moskowa 1812, Hanau 1813, and Vauchamps 1814

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