VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)

VI Cavalry Corps
ActiveFebruary – April 1814
Country First French Empire
Branch French Imperial Army
TypeShock cavalry
SizeCorps
EngagementsWar of the Sixth Coalition
Commanders
Notable
commanders
François Étienne de Kellermann

The VI Cavalry Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that had an ephemeral existence during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was created on 9 February 1814 and General François Étienne de Kellermann was appointed as its commander. The corps was formed by combining a newly arrived dragoon division from the Spanish front, a second dragoon division, and a light cavalry division made up of hussars and Chasseurs-à-Cheval. The latter two divisions included units from the former III Cavalry Corps. Kellermann led the VI Cavalry Corps at Mormant, Troyes, Bar-sur-Aube, Laubressel, and Saint-Dizier. After Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated in early April, the corps ceased to exist.