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The Royal Sardinian Army (also the Sardinian Army, the Royal Sardo-Piedmontese Army, the Savoyard Army, or the Piedmontese Army) was the army of the Duchy of Savoy and then of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was active from 1416 until it became the Royal Italian Army on 4 May 1861.
The Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica, later only the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1460, [33] was a state whose king was the King of Aragon, who started to conquer it in 1324, gained full control in 1410, and directly ruled it until 1460.
The corps consisted of three companies and was sent to Sardinia to maintain public order on the island. On 2 June 1819, the Chevau-légers of Sardinia Regiment and the Corps of Musketeers of Sardinia were merged to form the Corps of Royal Hunters of Sardinia (Italian: Corpo dei Cacciatori Reali di Sardegna). The corps, which consisted of a ...
Military history of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1297—1861). Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. ...
Before 1847, only the island of Sardinia proper was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, while the other mainland possessions (principally the Duchy of Savoy, Principality of Piedmont, County of Nice, Duchy of Genoa, and others) were held by the Savoys in their own right, hence forming a composite monarchy and a personal union, [5] [6] [7] which ...
After Charles Albert of Sardinia ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Sardinia on 27 April 1831 a major reform of the military was undertaken. Thus on 25 October 1831 the Grenadiers Brigade "Guardie" (Italian: Brigata Granatieri "Guardie") was raised as one of ten infantry brigades of the kingdom. [1]
On 23 March 1848, the First Italian War of Independence between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Austrian Empire began. At the time the Royal Sardinian Army's Guards Brigade, consisted of the 1st Grenadiers Regiment (Guards Brigade) with four grenadier battalions, and the 2nd Hunters Regiment (Guards Brigade) with three hunters battalions, one of which was based on the island of Sardinia.
To avoid confusion with the 46th Infantry Battalion "Reggio" the battalion's name was changed from "Reggio" to "Arborea", which commemorated the Kingdom of Arborea that ruled Sardinia from 1368 to 1388 and 1392 to 1409. The battalion was assigned to the Sardinia Military Command and consisted of a command, a command platoon, and two recruit ...