Voici une reproduction de l'étendard du Gelbe Leibregiment Gustave Adolph (régiment de Gardes du Corps "jaunes" Gustave Adolphe), en 1630 ou 1631, selon F.A Wilke. Selon Wilke, si je déchiffre bien, ce régiment Allemand devint par la suite celui de Weimar, ce que confirme Brzezinski : ce régiment devient le régiment vert de Bernard de Saxe-Weimar en 1632. Brzezinski, dans The Army of Gustavus Adolphus, nous apprend aussi que les quelques compagnies de cuirassiers levées, notamment en Livonie, étaient principalement utilisées comme "Life Companies" des Généraux. C'était probablement aussi le cas de ce LeibRegiment.
L'intérêt d'un tel étendard, pour ceux qui souhaitent se monter une armée suédoise, est donc de pouvoir l'utiliser pour leurs plaquettes de généraux, tels qu'ils soient, jusqu'à Lützen en 1632. En effet celui-ci était à Lützen, puisque Gualdo nous dit que pour sa dernière charge, Gustave Adolphe laissa même son régiment des gardes à cheval à quelque distance derrière lui.
Here is a reproduction of the Gelbe Leibregiment Gustave Adolph Standard (yellow Lifeguard regiment), in 1630 or 1631, according to F.A Wilke. According to Brzezinski on The Army of Gustavus Adolphus (Osprey), the few Kurassiers companies raised in Livonia were mostly used as "Life Companies" for generals. So, fell free to use such a standard for your Staff stands, in your Swedish Armies up to 1632. But according to Wilke, this yellow regiment became, in 1632, the green Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar regiment. Before that, the Lifeguards were at Lützen as Gualdo says that Gustave Adolphe, for his last charge, left his Lifeguard regiment at some distance behind.
L'intérêt d'un tel étendard, pour ceux qui souhaitent se monter une armée suédoise, est donc de pouvoir l'utiliser pour leurs plaquettes de généraux, tels qu'ils soient, jusqu'à Lützen en 1632. En effet celui-ci était à Lützen, puisque Gualdo nous dit que pour sa dernière charge, Gustave Adolphe laissa même son régiment des gardes à cheval à quelque distance derrière lui.
Here is a reproduction of the Gelbe Leibregiment Gustave Adolph Standard (yellow Lifeguard regiment), in 1630 or 1631, according to F.A Wilke. According to Brzezinski on The Army of Gustavus Adolphus (Osprey), the few Kurassiers companies raised in Livonia were mostly used as "Life Companies" for generals. So, fell free to use such a standard for your Staff stands, in your Swedish Armies up to 1632. But according to Wilke, this yellow regiment became, in 1632, the green Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar regiment. Before that, the Lifeguards were at Lützen as Gualdo says that Gustave Adolphe, for his last charge, left his Lifeguard regiment at some distance behind.
Well here Wilke is quite wrong, first of all the Yellow Regiment or as it was properly titled "Hovregementet" was an infantry unit not a cavalry unit ("Arkebusiers") as shown by Wilke. Nor did it become the "Green regiment" of Duke Bernhard as Wilke claims. (Not to mention that Bernhard's Green regiment was also a infantry unit)
RépondreSupprimerBoth units existed at the same time and served alongside each other at Alte Feste and Lützen in 1632. The Yellow regiments continued existence as a separate unit after 1632 is well documented, it fought at Oldendorf in 1633 and was part of Thurn's brigade at Nördlingen 1634. After Nördlingen the remnants were reformed and joined with remnants of other regiments including Duke Bernhard's regiment to create Schönbeck's regiment of infantry which continued to be known as the Yellow regiment in 1635.