The regiment was raised on 1 January 1704 by Louis d’Aubusson, Duc de La Feuillade, who became its first colonel. During the War of the Spanish Succession, command of the regiment subsequently passed to N. de Mancini in February 1708, to Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre, Marquis de Chastes, on 16 May 1709, and finally to N. de Clermont-Montoison on 15 April 1710. The regiment remained under the latter’s command until its disbandment in 1714.
The regiment first saw active service in 1705, when it took part in the conquest of the County of Nice. In the following year, it was sent to Piedmont and participated in the Siege of Turin with two battalions from May to September 1706. On 7 September, both battalions were involved in the Battle of Turin, which ended in a disastrous defeat for the Franco-Spanish army and forced the besieging forces to abandon their operations.
In 1707, the regiment continued to serve in the Alpine theatre, where it was employed in the defence of the French frontier following the retreat from Piedmont.
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