Ancestry

• 1635: A regiment is raised by Cardinal Richelieu under the name of Régiment de Dragons du Cardinal (the Cardinal's Dragoon
  Dragoon
  The word dragoon originally meant mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel...
  
   Regiment)
• 1641: On the death of cardinal Richelieu, the Régiment de Dragons du Cardinal passed to the king and was renamed the Régiment de Fusiliers à Cheval du Roi (The King's Regiment of Mounted Fusilier
  Fusilier
  Fusilier was originally the name of a soldier armed with a light flintlock musket called the fusil. The word was first used around 1680, and has later developed into a regimental designation.-History:...
  
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• 1646: The Régiment de Fusiliers à Cheval du Roi was renamed the Régiment du Roi - Cavalerie or, in English, King's Regiment (Cavalry)
• 1791: The Régiment du Roi - Cavalerie was renamed the 6e Régiment de Cavalerie (6th Cavalry Regiment)
• 1803: The 6e Régiment de Cavalerie is turned into a cuirassier
  Cuirassier
  Cuirassiers were mounted cavalry soldiers equipped with armour and firearms, first appearing in late 15th-century Europe. They were the successors of the medieval armoured knights...
  
  s regiment and took the name 6e Régiment de Cuirassiers (6th Regiment of Cuirassiers)
• 1994: Merged with the 12th Cuirassier Regiment
  12th Cuirassier Regiment (France)
  The 12th Cuirassier Regiment was a French cavalry regiment, first formed in 1688 under the Ancien Regime. It distinguished itself in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, notably at the battles of Austerlitz , Jena and Borodino...
  
   to form the 6th-12th Cuirassier Regiment
  6th-12th Cuirassier Regiment
  The 6th-12th Cuirassier Regiment was an armoured cavalry regiment in the French Army. It was the armoured component of the 2nd Armoured Brigade.-History:...
  
  

Battle Honours

• Fleurus 1794
  Battle of Fleurus (1794)
  In the Battle of Fleurus on 26 June 1794, the army of the First French Republic under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan faced the Coalition Army commanded by Prince Josias of Coburg in the most decisive battle of the Flanders Campaign in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars...
  
  
• Hohenlinden 1800
• Wagram 1809
  Battle of Wagram
  The Battle of Wagram was the decisive military engagement of the War of the Fifth Coalition. It took place on the Marchfeld plain, on the north bank of the Danube. An important site of the battle was the village of Deutsch-Wagram, 10 kilometres northeast of Vienna, which would give its name to the...
  
  
• La Moskowa 1812
  Battle of Borodino
  The Battle of Borodino , fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the French invasion of Russia and all Napoleonic Wars, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties...
  
  
• L’Avre 1918
  Operation Michael
  Operation Michael was a First World War German military operation that began the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, France...
  
  
• L’Aisne 1918
  Third Battle of the Aisne
  The Third Battle of the Aisne was a battle of the German Spring Offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Force could arrive completely in France. It was one of a series of desperate offensives, known as the Kaiserschlacht,...
  
  
• Montdidier 1918

Decorations

• Croix de Guerre 1914-1918
  Croix de guerre 1914-1918 (France)
  The Croix de guerre 1914–1918 is a French military decoration.-Creation:Soon after the outbreak of World War I, French military officials felt that a new military award had to be created...
  
   with two palms and one silver gilt star.
• Croix de Guerre 1939-1945
  Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (France)
  The Croix de guerre 1939–1945 is a French military decoration created on September 26, 1939, to honour people who fought with the Allies against the Axis force at any time during World War II.-Recipients:...
  
  with one palm