Colonels General of The Napoleonic Era
- Carabiniers: Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland and Constable of the Empire
- Chasseurs à cheval: Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, then Emmanuel, comte de Grouchy
- Cuirassiers: Laurent, comte Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, then Augustin, comte Belliard
- Dragoons: Louis, comte Baraguey d'Hilliers, then Étienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, Comte de Nansouty (1813-1814)
- Imperial Guard: Edouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, then Louis Gabriel Suchet
- Grenadiers à pied of the Imperial Guard: Louis Nicolas Davout
- Hussards: Jean Andoche Junot
- Suisses: Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Vice-Constable of the Empire, then Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello
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