Troupes de la Marine

This article is about an establishment of French Navy troops dating to 1622. For the branch of the French Army founded in the 19th century, see Troupes de Marine.

The Troupes de la Marine (French pronunciation: [tʁup də la maʁin], lit. 'Troops of the Navy') was a French military formation established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1622. It was under the denomination of compagnie ordinaire de la mer, originally intended to serve as marines on ships of French Navy. In 1674, Jean-Baptiste Colbert decided to make permanent colonial troops, who were named Compagnies Franches de la Marine. They were dissolved in the 19th century and reformed under the new designation of the Troupes de Marine, dependent this time however on the Minister of War (Ministère de la Guerre), which means belonging to the French Army (Armée de terre).

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