The
Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in
the Low Countries, situated, for the most part, in present-day
Belgium, which was ruled by the Bishop of Liège. As a prince, the
Bishop held an Imperial Estate and had seat and voice at the Imperial
Diet.
On May 1 1756,
Maria Theresa signed a contract with Louis XV by which he promised to
send an auxiliary corps of 24,000 men as support in the war against
Prussia.
Two new infantry
regiments were created on March 25 1757 as new units in the French
Army. The first regiment given the number 120 was a two battalion
regiment raised in the Bishopric by the French Colonel Charles Albert
Baron Vierzet. The second regiment, numbered 121, was raised by the
Comte de Horion and also had two battalions. The former regiment had
a long history as, in 1762, it went into Austrian service and lasted
in some form until 1918. But Horion was disbanded in 1762 and
therefore had a short five year lifespan.
There is some
dispute about some of the uniform details as you can see from the
attached painting plate. Some sources suggested blue cuffs but I have
gone with the Kronoskaf interpretation with red cuffs. I have also
reworked the flags to make the blue diamonds on the border a bit more
visable.
I think this is a
very fine looking uniform and I have never seen it painted by gamers
before. This concludes Phase 1 of the Franco-Spanish force to face
off against the Piedmontese WAS army already done. Phase 2 is going
to be more Spanish to compliment those 3 Spanish Guard battalions
already finished. The infantry will total 8 French battalions and 10
Spanish plus one wild Macedonian light infantry unit.
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