High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 6th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 6e Régiment de Cuirassiers,6e RC) was an ancient French cavalry regiment. It has since merged with the 12th Cuirassier Regiment to form the 6th-12th Cuirassier Regiment. Ancestry: 1635: A regiment is raised by Cardinal Richelieu under the name of Régiment de Dragons du Cardinal (the Cardinal's Dragoon Regiment); 1641: On the death of cardinal Richelieu, the Régiment de Dragons du Cardinal passed to the king and was renamed the Régiment de Fusiliers à Cheval du Roi (The King's Regiment of Mounted Fusiliers); 1646: The Régiment de Fusiliers à Cheval du Roi was renamed the Régiment du Roi - Cavalerie or, in English, King's Regiment (Cavalry); 1791: The Régiment du Roi - Cavalerie was renamed the 6e Régiment de Cavalerie (6th Cavalry Regiment); 1803: The 6e Régiment de Cavalerie is turned into a cuirassiers regiment and took the name 6e Régiment de Cuirassiers (6th Regiment of Cuirassiers); 1994: Merged with the 12th Cuirassier Regiment to form the 6th-12th Cuirassier Regiment.