This regiment does not present any particular problems of interpretation or research. It was raised on 22 March 1702 by N. de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire. During the War of the Spanish Succession, the regiment was successively commanded by:
- from 22 March 1702: N. de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire;
- from 4 August 1706: Louis Desmarest de Maillebois, Baron de Châteauneuf;
- from 1 October 1709: Jacques de Vassal, Marquis de Montviel.
- The regiment was disbanded on 13 December 1713.
Service during the War: In 1702, the regiment joined the Army of Flanders. On 11 September 1709, it took part in the Battle of Malplaquet. In 1711, the regiment participated in the attack on Arleux. On 24 July 1712, it fought at the Battle of Denain. In August and September of the same year, it was present at the Siege of Douai. It then took part in the Siege of Le Quesnoy, and in October it was involved in the Siege of Bouchain. In 1713, the regiment participated in the sieges of Landau and Freiburg.
The regiment changed its colonel-proprietor precisely in 1706. One particular point should be noted: the available information concerning its service shows a chronological gap between 1702 and 1709. It seems clear that, during those seven years, the regiment was employed on the Italian front, which would explain this otherwise puzzling absence from the records.
But, through some researches I was able to understand that Louis Desmarest de Maillebois, Baron de Châteauneuf was the son of Nicolas Desmarets, Controller-General of Finances and Minister of State.
Louis was lieutenant in the Régiment de Touraine in 1701 and made his first campaign at the combat of Nijmegen. He took part in the capture of Breisach and Landau, and in the Battle of Speyerbach. On 12 December 1703, he obtained a company in his regiment.
Here comes the interesting part: it is said that he participated in the Italian campaign of 1705–1706 and on 4 August 1706, he became colonel of a regiment bearing his name.
This note is particularly interesting, as it confirms that in 1706 the regiment took the name Châteauneuf, and that its proprietor — and therefore his regiment — fought in Italy in 1705–1706, precisely in the year in which the regiment changed its name. This confirms the participation of this regiment in the Siege of Turin in 1706.
(He served then on the Rhine under Villars in 1707, then under Berwick in 1708. He fought at Malplaquet, served in Flanders in 1711–1712, and campaigned on the Rhine during the sieges of Landau and Freiburg. Promoted brigadier in 1719, he resigned his regiment and later left the service in 1727)
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