List of Royal French foreign regiments

Royal French foreign regiments were enlisted abroad for French service during the 17th and 18th centuries. Coming mainly from Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, and Wallonia they gave a significant contribution to the French military effort. Swedish and Polish regiments were counted as German, Scottish as Irish. After the French Revolution the foreign regiments were in 1791 merged with the indigenous French regiments to new, numbered, regiments of the line.

Danish regiments
Régiment de Yoel Raised 1690 → 1692: Régiment de Royal Danois (disbanded 1698)

Wallonian regiments
Régiment de Solre Raised 1698 → 1711: Régiment de Beaufort → 1721: Régiment de Bouffler → 1727: Régiment de La Valliére → 1741: Régiment de Guise → 1747: Régiment d’Escars → 1749: Merged with Régiment de Tournaisis (French regiment)

German regiments
Régiment d’Alsace Raised 1656 → 1791: 53ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne

Swiss regiments
Régiment de Stoppa le Jeune Raised 1677 → 1692: Régiment de Surbeck → 1714: Régiment de Hemel → 1729: Régiment de Bezenwald → 1741: Régiment de La Cour au Chantre → 1749: Régiment de Grandvillars → 1749: Régiment de Balthazar → 1754: Régiment de Planta → 1760: Régiment d’Arbonnier → 1763: Régiment de Jenner → 1774: Régiment d’Aulbonne → 1783: Régiment de Châteauvieux → 1791: 76ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne