It was created as the hussards Colonel Général on 31 July 1783 for the Duke of Chartres, by taking one squadron from each of the Bercheny, Chamborant, Conflans and Esterhazy regiments of hussars. On 30 May 1788 it was reinforced by a contingent of soldiers taken from the régiment de Quercy, régiment de Septimanie, régiment de Nassau, régiment de La Marck, régiment de Franche-Comté and régiment des Évéchés, all then cavalry units. The new hussar regiment would enter combat multiple times during the War of the 1st and 2nd Coalitions. Such notable battles include, Valmy (1792), Croix-aux-Bois (1792), Maasricht (1792), Hondschoote (1793), Flerus (1794), Stockach (1799), Second Battle of Zurich (1799), and Hohenlinden (1800).