Normandy Regiment
ROYALIST FRENCH ARMY UNIT CREATED IN 1616
Regiment de Normandie; Normandie Regiment; Régiment de Normandie
The Régiment de Normandie was created in 1616 from different military groups in Normandy by the Maréchal of France Concini, marquis d'Ancre and the favorite of the Queen Marie de Médicis.Rene Chartrand, The French Soldier in Colonial America (Alexandria, New York, and Bloomfield, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1984), 16–17.