Napoleonic Dragon Cavalery

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Collection: https://cults3d.com/en/users/Alphonse_Marcel/creations Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/alphonse__marcel/ The Dragons de la Garde impériale (Dragoons of the Imperial Guard) was a heavy cavalry unit formed by Napoleon I through the decree of April 15, 1806. The "dragoon" regiments of the line had distinguished themselves in the German Campaign of 1805, and therefore Napoleon decided to reorganize the cavalry of the Guard and create within it a regiment of dragoon guards. This regiment was colloquially known as the Dragons de l'Impératrice (Empress' Dragoons), in honor of Empress Joséphine. Following the Bourbon Restoration, they were renamed Corps royal des Dragons de France (Dragoons of France Royal Corps) but were disbanded shortly afterwards. The Empress' Dragoons were reformed during the Second Empire (1852-1870). The Imperial Guard Dragoon Regiment was a French heavy cavalry unit created on 15 April 1806 by Napoleon I. Serving in the cavalry of the Imperial Guard until its disbandment in 1815, this regiment was also named "Dragons of the Empress" in homage to its godmother, Josephine de Beauharnais. Under the Empire, the dragoons formed, with the horse grenadiers, the heavy cavalry brigade of the Imperial Guard.