Minor States/Nations Regimental Names

[Skejtu]

Great job
I found two tiny spelling errors in Duchy of Warsaw part. First one in Light Infantry:

Raised 1812 in Lithuania:
Pułk Strzelców Pieszych Litewskich (Lithuanian Light Infantry Regiment)

And second in horse artillery:

Pułk Artylerji Konnej (Horse Artillery)
1808 1-sza baterja artylerji konnej
1809 2-ga baterja artylerji konnej

Anyway, great job, I am looking forward for more

[Prince of Essling]

Great job
I found two tiny spelling errors in Duchy of Warsaw part. First one in Light Infantry:

And second in horse artillery:


Anyway, great job, I am looking forward for more

Very many thanks - corrections to spelling etc always welcomed. Will correct the text. For info I adapted the text from "Rodowody Pulkow Polskich I Oddzialow Rownorzednych Od R.1717 Do R.1831" by Bronislaw Gembarzewski (apologies for the lack of Polish accents etc) to produce the list in Polish.

Further lists are in preparation.

[Dee Jay]

Hey Prince, I love your work but I have noticed that you havn't added a nation to your list in quite some time, how come?

[Prince of Essling]

Hey Prince, I love your work but I have noticed that you havn't added a nation to your list in quite some time, how come?

Been doing other things & trying to provide others with sufficient info to help them with their mods - but be assured further offerings are in preparation.....

[Prince of Essling]

Regno di Napoli (Kingdom of Naples) 1806-1815
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples 1806–1808
Joachim Murat, King of Naples 1808–1815

Fanteria della Guardia (Guard Infantry)

Reggimento Granatieri (Grenadier Regiment) formed July 1806 - 2 battalions each of 8 companies

Battaglione Volteggiatori (Voltigeur Battalion) formed May 1806 - battalion of 8 companies.
1811 July became part of 2° Reggimento Veliti a Piedi

Compagnia Cacciatori Civici Scelti then pat of Veliti a Piedi 1806 until 1808
Reggimento Veliti Cacciatori (Velite Chasseurs Regiment) September 1808
1811 July became 1° Reggimento Veliti a Piedi (1st Foot Velites Regiment)
1811 July 2° Reggimento Veliti a Piedi (2nd Foot Velites Regiment) formed partly from Battaglione Volteggiatori

Reggimento Volteggiatori (Voltigeur Regiment) reformed September 1814 from 12° Reggimento di Linea.

Compagnia then Battaglione Marinai della Guardia Reale (Battalion of Marines of the Royal Guard) raised October 1806

Compagnia then Battaglione Veterani della Guardia Reale (Battalion of Veterans of the Royal Guard) raised April 1809

Alabardieri Reali di Napoli (Royal Halberdiers)

Cavalleria della Guardia (Guard Cavalry)
Reggimento Cavalleggeri (Chevauleger Regiment) formed July 1806 until July 1808 when greater part taken to Spain by Joseph Bonaparte for his Guard – 2 squadrons.

Squadrone then Reggimento Cavalleggeri (Chevauleger Regiment) formed September 1808 – 4 squadrons

Reggimento Guardie d'Onore (Guards of Honour Regiment) formed February 1809; integrating 14 companies of Provincial Guards of Honour.
1813 March regiment dissolved – 4 squadrons

Reggimento Guardie del Corpo (Guard du Corps Regiment) formed March 1813 with 2 squadrons from the Reggimento Guardie d'Onore
1814 July Reggimento Guardie del Corpo increased to 4 squadrons
1814 October became Compagnia delle Guardie del Corpo (1 squadron)

Reggimento Lancieri (Lancer Regiment) formed October 1814 with 3 squadrons from Reggimento Guardie del Corpo

Corpo, then Reggimento Veliti a Cavallo (Regiment of Mounted Velites) formed September 1808 – 2 squadrons.
1813 April became Reggimento Ussari

Squadrone Gendarmeria Scelta (Gendarmes d’Elite) formed September 1806
1807 January reduced to 1 company.
1813 March became part of Reggimento Corazzieri

Reggimento Corazzieri (Cuirassier Regiment) formed March 1813 from 2squadrons of Reggimento Guardie d'Onore & Squadrone Gendarmeria Scelta.

Artiglieria della Guardia (Guard Artillery)
Artiglieria della Guardia Reale raised September 1806
Artiglieria a Cavallo della Guardia Reale raised September 1809
Initially 1 company of horse & 1 company of foot artillery;
1811 increased to 2 companies of each.

Infanteria di linea (Line Infantry)
1st and 2nd regiments initially had 2 battalions each.
3rd regiment formed with 3 battalions of 7 companies each (1 Granatieri (Grenadier), 1 Volteggiatore (Voltigeur), & 5 Fuciliere (Fusilier) – 1 of which acted as the depot); Regimental HQ 38 men, company 143 men. This became the standard Neapolitan organisation.
1811 - 1st & 2nd regiments now have 4 battalions each.
1813 – 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th regiments have 5 battalions; 9th regiment has 4 battalions, all the rest have 3 battalions.

1° Reggimento di Linea del Re formed June 1806
2° Reggimento di Linea della Regina formed June 1806
3° Reggimento di Linea del Principe Real formed March 1809
4° Reggimento di Linea Real Sannita formed August 1809
5° Reggimento di Linea Real Calabria formed September 1809
Reggimento Guardia Municipale di Napoli formed September 1808
1810 December became 6° Reggimento di Linea Napoli
7° Reggimento di Linea "Real Africano" formed December 1810 from Battaglione Real Africano (ex-French “Pionniers Noirs”)
?? 1812 becomes 7° Reggimento di Linea Principe Luciano
8° Reggimento di Linea formed October 1811
9° Reggimento di Linea formed June 1813 from Reggimento Provvisorio(Provisional Regiment)
10° Reggimento di Linea formed March 1814
11° Reggimento di Linea formed May 1814 from 6th Kingdom of Italy Line infantry Regiment
12° Reggimento di Linea formed June 1814 from survivors of Danzig garrison
1814 September became Volteggiatori della Guardia Reale
1814 September 12° Reggimento di Linea delle Marche reformed.

Infanteria Leggera (Light Infantry)
1° Reggimento Leggeri (Real Corso) formed February 1813 from Reggimento Real Corso

1° Reggimento Leggeri formed February 1806
1813 renamed 2° Reggimento Leggeri

2° Reggimento Leggeri raised May 1806
1813 renamed 3° Reggimento Leggeri

4° Reggimento Leggeri formed 1813 from Provvisorio Reggimento

Corpi Irregolari (Irregular Troops)
Compagnia Franca Guide degli Abruzzi September 1806 to March 1808

Compagnie Franche Volteggiatori Abruzzesi December 1806 to ?1807)

Corpi Franchi Calabresi September 1806 to April 1808

Battaglione Cacciatori di Montagna del Principato Citra October 1806 to August 1809

Battaglione Sacro degli Ufficiali Italiani raised April 1815

Brigata Volontari Italiani raised April 1815

Infanteria estera (Foreign Infantry)
Battaglione Real Africano (ex-French “Pionniers Noirs”) passed into Neapolitan service in October 1806 [initially 2 battalions of 5 companies each, but reduced to 1 battalion] and in December 1810 became 7° Reggimento di Linea "Real Africano"

Legione Corsa passed into Neapolitan service in June 1806 intially 5 battalions strong reduced to 3 in November.
1807 January became Reggimento Real Corso
1813 February became 1° Reggimento Leggeri (Real Corso)

Cavalleria di linea (Line Cavalry)
1° Cacciatori a Cavallo (Chasseur a Cheval) formed February 1806
1813 March became 1° Reggimento Cavalleggeri (Chevauleger Regiment))

2° Cacciatori a Cavallo formed June 1806
1813 March became 2° Reggimento Cavalleggeri

Squadrone Guardia Municipale di Napoli (Municipal Guards of Naples)
1806 December became 1° Reggimento Cavalleggeri
1813 March became 3° Reggimento Cavalleggeri

4° Reggimento Cavalleggeri formed July 1814

Artiglieria(Artillery)
Compagnie d'artiglieria formed March 1806 (4 companies)
1806 July became Reggimento Artiglieria a piedi (21 companies)
1810 December became 1° Reggimento Artiglieria di Terra
1813 April increased to 27 companies
1814 January reduced to 20 companies

2° Reggimento Artiglieria di Terra formed January 1814 (20 companies)

Gendarmeria Reale (Royal Gendarmerie)
1a Legione } formed June 1806 until
2a Legione } January 1808

Legione di Napoli January 1808 until March 1809

1a Legione di Napoli } formed March 1809
2a Legione di Foggia, then Bari } comprised 7 squadrons &
3a Legione di Salerno } 14 companies

Amigeri Cacciatori Calabresi formed April 1807
Armigeri Regi o Gendarmeria Ausiliaria formed November 1807

Guardia Civica Provinciale (Provincial Civic Guards)
In 1806 Joseph decreed the activation of Provincial Legions (which in fact continued the Bourbon Provincial Regiments) - these were roughly the equivalent of French national guard.
Each Legion had a headquarters, three elite companies (dragoons, chasseurs or voltigeurs) and artillery, plus varying numbers of fusilier companies. Elite companies were on permanent duty receiving army pay; Fusiliers would be called out in emergencies.

Raised May 1806
Legione Provinciale Calabria Citra
Legione Provinciale Calabria Ultra
Legione Provinciale Abruzzo Citra
Legione Provinciale Abruzzo Ultra I
Legione Provinciale Abruzzo Ultra II
Legione Provinciale Molise
Legione Provinciale Basilicata
Legione Provinciale Capitanata
Legione Provinciale Terra di Bari
Legione Provinciale Terra d’Otranto
Legione Provinciale Napoli
Legione Provinciale Terra di Lavoro
Legione Provinciale Principato Ultra
Legione Provinciale Principato Citra

Raised 1809
Reggimento Civico del Circeo

Raised 1813
Guardia Nazionale di Benevento

Raised 1814
Legione Dipartimentale del Tronto
Legione Dipartimentale del Musone
Legione Dipartimentale del Metauro
Guardia Nazionale del Reno

Guardia d'interna sicurezza (Internal Security Guards)
Guardia civica di Napoli raised July 1806 disolved Novemeber 1808
Volontari Scelti della Città di Napoli formed June 1809 dissolved July 1809
Guardia d’Interna Sicurezza formed March 1813

Reale Marina(Royal navy)
Compagnie fanteria di marina (Company of Marines) formed March 1806
1806 June became Corpo then Reggimento della Marina (Regiment of Marines)
1808 October became Battaglione della Marina Reale

[Prince of Essling]

Sweden added as a separate thread - see http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=9917327#post9917327)

[Prince of Essling]

Brunswick 1788-1815

Up to 1806

In 1788 a corps was sent to the Netherlands comprising:

Dragoner-Regiment – 4 companies each of 63 men
Grenadier-Bataillon – 4 companies
von Reidesel Infanterie-Regiment
Prinz Friederich Infanterie–Regiment
Jäger Kompanie – 167 men
Infanterie-Regiment consisted of 2 battalions, each of 5 Musketeer companies of 93 men & 1 grenadier company of 105 men. The grenadier companies were detached to form the combined Grenadier battalion.


By 1806 the army had 2 infantry regiments:

Warmstedt Infanterie-Regiment
Griesheim Infanterie-Regiment

Each regiment had 2 battalions each of 5 musketeer companies & 1 grenadier company. The grenadier companies were stripped out to form a 4 company combined Grenadier battalion. A grenadier company had 130 men. Musketeer companies had 93 men.

There was a Jäger Kompanie (150 men).

1809 - the Black Band

After the twin disasters of 1806 - Auerstadt & Jena - the Duchy of Brunswick was dissolved and incorporated into the new Kingdom of Westphalia. The now dispossessed Herzog (Duke) of Brunswick - Friederich Wilhelm, fled to Austria to nurture his anger and plot his revenge.

On 25 February 1809, the Duke entered into an agreement with the Austrians to raise a corps of infantry and cavalry to invade his former lands and attempt to raise the people against their French masters.

The infantry was to consist a Leichte-Infanterie-Regiment (Light Infantry Regiment) of 1,000 men in 2 battalions, each with 4 companies.

A Husaren-Regiment (Hussar Regiment) of 8 squadrons (1,000 men) was to be formed; though it appears only 4 were raised.

A horse artillery battery consisting of 2 x 7 pdr howitzers, and 2 x 6 pdr cannons was attached.

As symbol of the Duke’s anger all of his troops wore black uniforms with the "Death's Head' badge on the shako. He became known as "Der Schwarzer Herzog" (The Black Duke), and his troops were known as "Die Schwarze Schar" (The Black Band or The Black Legion). The Legion was not organised in time to join the Austrians before they were defeated by Napoleon.

The Black Duke did not consider himself bound by the 12 July 1809 Armistice signed at Znaim. He decided to fight his way to the north German coast, where he hoped his force could take refuge on a British warships and escape to England. En route he raised a 3rd infantry battalion, a Sharfschützen (Sharpshooters) detachment and a tiny Uhlan Eskadron.

1810-14 – in British service in the Peninsular

Brunswick troops were reorganised on the Isle of Wight as a foreign corps they were not allowed to land on the mainland. On 8 October 1810 the infantry regiment now known as "Brunswick-Oels Jäger" landed in Lisbon. It comprised 12 companies and a regimental headquarters. Initially part of Pakenham's Brigade in Cole's 4th Division; they transferred to Crauford’s Light Divison.

In April 1811 nine companies and the regimental HQ were transferred to von Alten’s Brigade in the 7th Division. The 3 Sharfschützen companies were detached: - one to Ellis’ Brigade (4th Division); one to Greville's Brigade (5th Division) and one to Pringle’s Brigade (5th Division).

The cavalry of the Black Band was reorganised as a Husaren-Regiment with a 14 men HQ, 6 squadrons (troops?) each of 110 men, though only 2 squadrons (4 troops) were sent to Spain. They served on the East Coast in a mainly foreign levy force which was used for amphibious operations.

The Brunswick-Oels Jägers left British service on 25 December 1814 and the Hussars in mid-1815.

1813-14 Befreiunskreig (Wars of Liberation)

Following the overrunning of the Kingdom of Westphalia in the fall of 1813 Herzog Friederich Wilhelm von Braunschweig was restored to his lands and he set about reorganising his army:

June 1813 - Uhlan Eskadron raised in Dresden.

November 1813 - Husaren-Regiment now had 11 men HQ; 6 troops each of 118 men.

November 1813 – 1st Leichte-Bataillon formed with 4 companies
December 1813 - 2nd Leichte-Bataillon formed with 4 companies
Battalion HQ 14 men; and each company 170 men.

Freiwilliger-Batallion (Volunteer Battalion) of 400 men was formed – appears to have become 3rd Leichte-Bataillon.

December 1813 - Scharfschützen Kompanie formed (180 men).

January 1814 – 6 Reserve battalions to be formed, organised as the Leichte-Bataillons, though it appears only 5 battalions formed.

January 1814 - 1st Linien-Infanterie-Bataillone & 2nd Linien-Infanterie-Bataillone ordered to be raised organisedn as the Leichte-Bataillons.

January to March 1814 - Gelernte Jägers - 2 companies raised.

April 1814 – Avantegarde Bataillon raised – formed from 2 light infantry companies (from troops of the 3 Leichte-Bataillon) andthe Gelernte Jägers.

? 1814 Füss batterie (205 men) & Reitende batterie (167 men) raised.

Leichte-Bataillon von Prostler - formed from a cadre of the old Black Band.
April 1815 became Leib Bataillion - "Life" or Life Guard battalion.

1815

The Brunswick Army comprised:

Avantgarde – 2 light infantry companies; plus the 2 Gelernte Jäger companies

Leib-Bataillion

1st Leichte-Bataillon
2nd Leichte-Bataillon
3rd Leichte-Bataillon

1st Linien-Infanterie-Bataillone
2nd Linien-Infanterie-Bataillone
3rd Linien-Infanterie-Bataillone

Braunschweig Reserve-Infanterie-Bataillone
Wolfenbuttel Reserve-Infanterie-Bataillone
Helmstedt Reserve-Infanterie-Bataillone
Harz Reserve-Infanterie-Bataillone
Weser Reserve-Infanterie-Bataillone

? 5 Landwehr-Infanterie-Bataillone (a number sources include these as additional to the Reserve-Infanterie-Bataillone while the rest don’t……..)

All battalions comprised 691 men organised into 4 companies.

Husaren-Regiment - 3 squadrons (730 men). The Black Band Hussars were still in the service of Great Britain.
Uhlan Eskadron – 1 squadron (249 men).

1 Fuss-batterie (8 x 6 or 9?pdr) 188 men
1 Reitende-batterie (8 x 6pdr) 227 men

[Prince of Essling]

Hanover added as a separate thread at http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10364723#post10364723

[Dee Jay]

First of all..... CONGRATS ON THE CITIZEN TITLE you deserve it

Also, I would like to suggest the Grand Duchy of Berg, Duchy of Oldenburg and Swiss Confederation

[Prince of Essling]

First of all..... CONGRATS ON THE CITIZEN TITLE you deserve it

Also, I would like to suggest the Grand Duchy of Berg, Duchy of Oldenburg and Swiss Confederation

Many thanks for the congrats - must say I am still in a state of shock.....

Your requests are noted & will be programmed in. Currently I don't have sufficient info on the Swiss to do what I consider a satisfactory job, but will continue searching so it may be a little while. I am also hoping that Father Christmas will be very kind & bring me a particular book from the Swiss Army Museum....

[Prince of Essling]

Grossherzogtum Berg (Grand Duchy of Berg) 1806-1813

To produce the following I have drawn on “Le Grande-Duché de Berg” by Charles Schmidt (pages 150 to 178), “Armies of Westphalia & Cleves-Berg 1806-15” by George Nafziger & M Gilbert, “With Eagles to Glory – Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign” by John H Gill, “Napoleonic Association – Prussian Landwehr & Landsturm 1813-1815” by Peter Hofschröer, "Napoleonic Army handbook - The French Army & Her Allies" by Richard Partridge & Michael Oliver, "Uniforms of the World" by Knotel, "Armies of the Napoleonic Wars" by Otto von Pivka, "The Napoleonic Source Book" by Philip Haythornthwaite, various magazine articles & websites.


An artificial state created in 1806 by Napoleon from bits of territory ceded by Bavaria, Nassau & Prussia plus territory taken from others.

Infantry:

[Note - French rather than German names used for early period as per the 1809 infantry standard, the cavalry also had French titles, and the Grand Duchy was ruled according to French law; German names used from late 1813 when Prussia took charge].

Régiment d’Infanterie of 4 battalions each of 8 companies of 100 men raised from former Bavarian 11th Linien-Infanterie-Regiment von Kinkel (some sources incorrectly show this as the 12th Linien-Infanterie-Regiment) and a battalion of Nassau infantry.
By early 1808 the regiment had grown to 6 battalions.

1808 August – Regiment was divided into:
1er Régiment d’Infanterie
2e Régiment d’Infanterie
Each had 3 battalions of 6 companies (1 grenadier, 1 voltigeur & 4 fusilier), sharing a depot battalion. 16 men in Regimental HQ; 140 men in each company.

1808 October– 3e Régiment d’Infanterie raised with 3 battalions of 6 companies. It shared the depot battalion.

1811 August – 4e Régiment d’Infanterie raised. All regiments now comprised 2 battalions each of 8 companies (1 grenadier, 1 voltigeur & 6 fusilier), and shared the depot battalion. Regimental HQ 19 men; companies of 140 men. Depot HQ 5 men; company cadres 128 men.

1812 January - Regimental HQ increased to 27 men. Depot Battalion HQ 27 men

1813 January - Following the disastrous Russian campaign 2 regiments authorised.

1813 April - Nafziger says that some records appear to show that 4 regiments were raised (all with 2 battalions), sharing a depot battalion. Due to their lack of reliability they were sent to form coastal garrisons e.g. Cherbourg.

Following Prussian liberation:

1813 December – Infantry reorganised into:
1st Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions – 1 Fusilier & 2 Musketeer)
2nd Infanterie Regiment (2 battalions)
Grenadier Bataillon
Landwehr Bataillon Meppen
Landwehr Bataillon Coesfeld
Landwehr Bataillon Steinfurt
Landwehr Bataillon Borken
Reserve Bataillon
Freiwillige Jäger Kompagnie

1814 – Landwehr Bataillon Borken became III Bataillon 2nd Infanterie Regiment.

1814 July - Landwehr Bataillon Meppen disbanded on Meppen transfer to Hanover.

1814 August - Reserve Bataillon incorporated into Westphalian Landwehr.

Bergisches Landwehr Regiment formed from remaining Landwehr Bataillons.

1815 March – Berg Infanterie Regiments absorbed into Prussian Army as 28th Infanterie-Regiment & 29th Infanterie-Regiment


Cavalry:

The Grand Duchy as part of its territorial acquisitions inherited some Hussars from Nassau-Oranien. They were incorporated into the Chevau-légers de Duc de Clèves.

1807 May - Régiment de Chevau-légers de Duc de Clèves raised but took the title Régiment de Chevau-légers du Grand Duc de Berg. Comprised 4 squadrons of 2 companies each of 87 men, and 1 depot company. First company of 1st Squadron was titled Garde du Corps.

1808 Spring - Garde du Corps sent to Spain. A number of the Garde du Corps & Chevau-légers accompanied Murat when he acceded to the throne of Naples

1808 – renamed Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval du Grand Duché de Berg

1809 December – renamed Régiment de Lanciers de Berg (Schmidt has September 1809). 1st & 2nd squadrons sent to the Peninsula in the spring of 1810.

1811 - regiment increased to 6 squadrons, with 3 in Spain & 3 in Germany.

1812 January –renamed Régiment de Chevau-légers Lanciers de Berg

1812 March – reorganised into:
1st Regiment Chevau-legers du Grand Duché de Berg (from the Spanish based squadrons)
2nd Regiment Chevau-legers du Grand Duché de Berg (from the German based squadrons)

1812 December - 2nd Regiment Chevau-legers destroyed.

1813 January - Lanciers de Berg reorganised.

Following Prussian liberation:

1813 December – Bergisches Husaren Regiment of 4 squadrons formed. Freiwilliger Jäger squadron attached.

1815 March – renamed 11th Prussian Hussar Regiment; 2nd squadron went to Prussian 5th Uhlan Regiment.

Artillery

1808 August - battalion of one foot and one horse company, an engineer company and a train company formed.

Foot battery had 6 x 8pdrs and 2 x 6.32inch howitzers.
Horse company had 6 x 4pdrs.

1812 - fielded 8 x French 6pdr cannon and 4 x 24-pdr French howitzers.

1813 July - horse artillery rebuilt and equipped with 2 x howitzers and 4 x 6pdr cannon. It was assigned to the French Imperial Guard artillery pool.

Following Prussian liberation:

1814 - foot battery (equipped with 6 x 8pdr cannon and 2 x 6inch howitzers, of French manufacture) and half horse artillery (6 x 4 pdr cannon) raised. They would be assigned in 1815 to the Prussian army as 37th foot battery and 20th horse battery.

Gendarmes

On formation of the Grand Duchy about 90 men.

1809 March - 2 squadrons (each of 2 companies).

1813 – comprised 3 companies (240 mounted & 80 on foot)

Garde Nationale

2 Infantry regiments
1 Jägercorps
1 Cavalriecorps
1 artillery company

[Prince of Essling]

Herzogtum Oldenburg (Duchy of Oldenburg) 1800-1815

To produce the following I have drawn on “With Eagles to Glory – Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign” by John H Gill, "Napoleonic Army Handbook - The French Army & Her Allies" by Richard Partridge & Michael Oliver, "Uniforms of the World" by Knotel, "Armies of the Napoleonic Wars" by Otto von Pivka, "The Napoleonic Source Book" by Philip Haythornthwaite, “Napoleon’s German Allies (2): Nassau and Oldenburg” by Otto von Pivka & G A Embleton (part of the Osprey MAA series), “Armies of Hanover, Brunswick, Hesse-Cassel, & Hanseatic Cities 1792-1815” by George F Nafziger & M Gilbert, various magazine articles & websites.


Herzog (Duke) Peter Friederich Ludwig of Oldenburg, uncle of the Tsar, did not want to join the Rheinbund but Mecklenburg-Schwerin’s adherence in March 1808 left his state as the only outsider. To protect his state Duke Peter signed an agreement on 14 October 1808in Erfurt to join the Confederation.

Napoleon’s senatus consultum of 13 December 1810 declared Oldenburg (Holland, the Hanseatic Cities, and parts of the old Electorate of Hanover, the Grand Duchy of Berg, the Kingdom of Westphalia and the Duchy of Ahremberg) as part of Metropolitan France. France actually took possession on 28 February 1811.

Following liberation in 1813 the Tsar’s good offices ensured that Oldenburg was restored and that it also received the principality of Bickeneld. The whole was promoted to the rank of Grossherzogtum (Grand Duchy) though the title of Grossherzog (Grand Duke) was not assumed until the accession of Peter’s son August in 1829.

Troops

An infantry corps (equivalent of a company) of about 120 men.

Following accession to the Confederation of the Rhine:
1808 – required to raise a battalion of 800 men in 6 companies (1 grenadier, 4 fusilier & 1 sharpshooter).

Following Oldenburg’s incorporation into Metropolitan France:
1810 December – required to raise 129e Régiment d’Infanterie de Ligne with 3 field and 1 depot battalion. Field battalions had 6 companies (1 grenadier, 4 fusilier & 1 voltigeur) each of 140 men. Depot battalion had 4 fusilier companies. Regimental HQ 20 men.

Following Oldenburg’s Liberation:
1813 – Infanterie-Korps raised (in effect a regiment). Comprised 2 battalions (1 line & 1 landwehr) of 4 companies each. Line company had 80 men & Landwehr company 200 men.

Following Napoleon’s escape from Elba:
1815 - Infanterie-Regiment mobilised with 2 battalions, of 4 companies each of 217 men. Battalion HQ 12 men. Regimental HQ 32 men.

[Dee Jay]

WOW

Thanks for both these Prince

[Prince of Essling]

Mecklenburg 1789-1815

To produce the following I have drawn on “With Eagles to Glory – Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign” by John H Gill, "Napoleonic Army Handbook - The French Army & Her Allies" by Richard Partridge & Michael Oliver, "Uniforms of the World" by Knotel, “The Army of Mecklenburg 1808-14” by W J Rawkins, "Armies of the Napoleonic Wars" by Otto von Pivka, "The Napoleonic Source Book" by Philip Haythornthwaite, “Armies of Germany and the Confederation of the Rhine 1792-1815 Volume 1” by George F Nafziger & M Gilbert, various magazine articles & websites. (Unfortunately I couldn’t access a copy of “Beitrage Mecklenburgisches Militargeschichte von 1700 bis 1871” by Christian Madaus to check details further].


Mecklenburg was divided in the early 1700s into the Duchies of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Mecklenburg-Schwerin to help solve a dynastic dispute.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin was neutral in the Revolutionary Wars. It was overrun by the French in 1806. Herzog (Duke) Frederick Franz I joined the Confederation of the Rhine in April 1808. He was the first to abandon the French alliance in March 1813, and his troops fought against France. In 1815 he joined the German Confederation and took the title of Grossherzog (Grand Duke).

Mecklenburg-Strelitz was spared occupation. In February 1808 Herzog Carl Ludwig Friedrich joined the Confederation of the Rhine, withdrawing in 1813. He joined the German Confederation in 1815 and took the title of Grossherzog.


Mecklenburg-Schwerin:

1789:
Leib-Garde zu Pferd – 1 company which was dismounted in 1789. Although retaining the title it served only as infantry. March 1810 became part of Garde-Grenadier-Bataillon.
Leib-Grenadier Regiment – 2 battalions disbanded April 1808.
Winter Grenadier Regiment - 1 battalion of 4 companies each of 97 men disbanded April 1808.
Infanterie-Regiment von Gluer – 2 battalions of 4 companies each of 97 men. (paid for by the Dutch and acted as a police force in Holland from 1788 to 1803).
1803 renamed Infanterie-Regiment von Pressentin
???? renamed Infanterie-Regiment Erbprinz reduced to 1 battalion.
April 1808 disbanded.

On joining the Confederation of the Rhine:
1808 – required to provide 1,900 men in the form of a Brigade of 4 battalions and a small company of artillery. Each battalion was supposed to be organised on the French model (6 companies – 1 grenadier, 1 voltigeur & 4 musketeer - each of 98 men), but due to manpower problems the 4th battalion only formed the grenadier company. The artillery company had 58 men. [Note: 1st & 2nd battalions were formed from the Leib-Grenadier Regiment & Winter Grenadier Regiment, 3rd battalion formed from remains of Infanterie-Regiment Erbprinz, 4th battalion formed from remaining grenadier companies or from scratch as sources contradict.]
Husaren Kommando – about 50 men who acted as police force.

1809 March – Brigade dissolved, and men consolidated into 2 battalion Infanterie-Regiment” [1st battalion disbanded and men incorporated into 2nd & 3rd battalions which became respectively 1st & 2nd battalions; 4th battalion became the 3rd or Depot battalion]. Battalion comprised 6 companies – 1 grenadier, 1 voltigeur & 4 musketeer - each of 147 men. Depot battalion consisted of 2 elite companies (grenadier & voltigeur) but the troops were not elite as each company had about 60 old and infirm men. The regiment was designated 7th Rheinbund-Regiment.
Artillery company now had 6 x 6pdr cannon.

1810 March – Garde-Grenadier-Bataillon formed with 3 companies each of 136 men, absorbed the Leib-Garde zu Pferd.

1812 - 1st & 2nd battalions of the Infanterie-Regiment joined with the Mecklenburg-Strelitz battalion - which became the 3rd battalion – and designated 7th Rheinbund-Regiment. (also known as Kontingents-Regiment).

On leaving the Confederation of the Rhine:
1813 March - Garde-Grenadier-Bataillon now had HQ of 13 men, 4 companies each of 80 men.

1813 April - Garde-Grenadier-Bataillon now had 498 men.

1813 August – Troops now comprised:
Garde-Grenadier-Bataillon
Infanterie-Regiment (2 battalions)
Freiwilliger Fuβjäger Regiment disbanded in 1814.
Freiwilliger Jager zu Pferde Regiment (600 men in 4 squadrons) disbanded in 1814.
Fuβ Batterie (2 – later 4 x 6pdr cannon & 2 x 7pdr howitzers)

1813 September –seven Landwehr Bataillon (1 per district) were formed; reduced to 3 bataillons in 1815.


Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Garde-Grenadier Kompagnie – 100 men.
Distrikthusaren – 26 men who performed policing type duties.

1808 April - Infanterie-Bataillon of 4 companies (3 fusilier & 1 grenadier) each of 90 men, HQ of 27 men.

1812 - Joined with the Mecklenburg-Schwerin battalions and designated 7th Rheinbund- Regiment. (also known as Kontingents-Regiment).


On leaving the Confederation of the Rhine:
1813 April – Husaren-Regiment formed with 4 squadrons each of 115 men, HQ 33 men, and depot of 54 men.

On Napoleon’s escape from Elba:
1815 June – Husaren-Regiment comprised 526 men.

[Biggus Splenus]

Love your work on the Prince of Essling I can't believe this thread has hardly any post; either it's un-noticed, or people aren't polite enough to show their gratitude towards such a project. +rep

BTW - I have noticed you haven't added to this for nearly a year now, and there are still a few nations in your to-do list. Just wondering if they will ever get ticked off from the list, because I can't wait to see this completed

Regards,

Darcy

[Prince of Essling]

Love your work on the Prince of Essling I can't believe this thread has hardly any post; either it's un-noticed, or people aren't polite enough to show their gratitude towards such a project. +rep

BTW - I have noticed you haven't added to this for nearly a year now, and there are still a few nations in your to-do list. Just wondering if they will ever get ticked off from the list, because I can't wait to see this completed

Regards,

Darcy

Very many thanks for your kind words - it is very much still work in progress. I have been distracted by other commitments etc. I have a number in various stages of completion (e.g. Denmark-Norway, Papal States, Portugal, Swiss Confederation, Minor Germans etc....), some requiring further research to enable me to bring to a satisfactory conclusin..... I won't post until I am happy with the output.

[Biggus Splenus]

Well I'll be waiting with keenness (if that's a word).

[Steph]

Work in progress/to do:
Papal States (request by Keneticpest - 90 percent done)
Portugal (60% done)
Denmark
Batavian Republic/Kingdom of Holland

What's the progress with these lists?

[Prince of Essling]

What's the progress with these lists?

Still being progressed very slowly due to other commitments but is there a particular one you would like escalated, and I will see what I can do to push it through.

[Steph]

No particular hurry. If I had to make a priority list, it would be
Holland
Portugal
Papal States
Denmark