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| Tango01 | 26 Dec 2018 3:33 p.m. PST |
"The history of the Picardie regiment1 starts with the more or less permanent units that would later form this regiment. Its history as regiment however dates from 29 May 1569, when the infantry was reorganized and the history of the French regiments begins. 1.2 The regiment of Roger de Sarrieu On 29 May 1569 a reorganization of the French infantry took place at the camp of La Rochefoucaud. Mestre de Camp Roger de Sarrieu had 16 companies assigned to him, of which 10 came from the guards and 6 from the old Bandes de Picardie. The regiment was named for its Mestre de Camp (colonel) Roger de Sarrieu. In 1572 he bought the Seigneurie Saint Martin les Martres, which contained the castle now called Château de Martres-Tolosane. His tomb is in the church of Martres-Tolosane…."
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