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Cavalleggeri were an inferior category of cavalry during the classic period of feudal cavalry. This included knife-armed cavalry, lancers' pages and mounted crossbowmen. Later, ''cavalleggeri'' became a subsidiary arm of the gendarmerie. In 1498, Louis XII of France gave this name to his mounted companies, forming a sort of mounted infantry, and this special body continued until 1570. In this era Henry IV of France formed a company of ''cavalleggeri'', well-educated and called ordinannce since it was used as the king's guard. Other Italian states and communal militias created ''cavalleggeri'' units. In the Florentine Republic it was established that 500 mounted crossbowmen would be regularly enlisted, with the option of arming 10% of them with lances. These were also known as drappelli and were formed into bands, each of which was made up of 50 ''cavalleggeri'' and commanded by a ''condotiere''. After 1600 this specialist cavalry was more and more streamlined and made more practical in the age of gunpowder. Such units were split up to increase numbers in heavy cavalry units, or turned into such units themselves. The ''cavalleggeri'' of this era were armed with carbines or pistols. In 1799, new ''cavalleggeri'' units were created, and under Napoleon these were once again armed with lances. ==Bibliography== * Stato Maggiore Esercito - Ufficio Storico. Ezio Cecchini. ''Tecnologia ed arte militare ''. 1977,Roma; * Stato Maggiore Esercito - Ufficio Storico. Ezio Cecchini. ''Le istituzioni militari''. 1986, Roma; * Stato Maggiore Esercito - Ufficio Storico. Rodolfo Puletti. ''L'esercito e i suoi corpi. Sintesi Storica''. Volume I. 1971, Roma; * Rodolfo Puletti. ''Caricat'' 1973, Capital, Bologna. * Dario Temperino. Storia del Reggimento Cavalleggeri di Lodi (15°). 2001 www.cavalleriaitaliana.it it:Cavalleggeri 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cavalleggeri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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