Dampierre Arquebusier Regiment
The Arquebusier Regiment Dampierre was an infantry unit of the imperial army. The first regiment owner in 1616 was the Colonel Sergeant to Feld über alles Kriegsvolk zu Roß, Heinrich Duval Count von Dampierre .
The attempt by the Lower Austrian Protestant estates in 1619 with the so-called storm petition of Emperor Ferdinand II in the Vienna Hofburg could be stopped by a detachment hurrying to Vienna by ship under the arsenal commandant Colonel Gilbert de Saint-Hilaire von Krems . It was about three flags of the Arquebusier Regiment Dampierre , as well as a division of the "Dampierre'schen Reiterregiment". On June 5, 1619, they entered the residence through the fisherman's gate and, by their mere presence, made the intimidated Protestants abandon the project.
In return, the regiment was granted the following privileges:
“ When on duty, the regiment may march through the Imperial and Royal Hofburg and into the imperial capital and residence city of Vienna under the sound of a trumpet and with flying standards. The regiment will then be on guard in front of the apartment to be given pro forma to the regiment commander in the Hofburg, where the regiment Estandarten are to be brought and the respective regiment commander is permitted on such an occasion, unannounced in full armor in front of his majesty the To appear emperor.
The regiment also has the assurance that it will never be reduced or dissolved as long as it continues to maintain its previous fame, and finally the distinction that no man in the regiment is executed in the same for crimes that are subject to the death penalty, but rather in such cases the guilty party would be transferred to another regiment at any time to carry out such punishment. "
Formation history
- 1616: According to the appointment of September 2nd in Inner Austria in the strength of 3 pennants by Heinrich Duval Count Dampierre
- 1617: according to the patent of March 24th, reinforced to 5 flags at Archduke Maximilian's expense
- 1623: divided into three independent flags (Dampierre, D'Espaigne and Corpes)
- In 1624 the first two ensigns were incorporated into the "Strozzi Regiment", the regiment ceased to exist at that time, contrary to the Emperor's promise "never to be reduced or dissolved".
Regimental owner
- 1616: the owner Heinrich Duval Count Dampierre
- 1620: Colonel Jacob Graf von Dampierre, Baron von Mondroville
Regimental Commanders
- 1616: the owner Heinrich Duval Count Dampierre
- 1619: Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Graf von Dampierre
- 1620: the same as the Colonel owner
Battle calendar
- Friulian War
- 1616: The regiment excelled in battles at Lucinise, Gradisca and Rubia.
- Thirty Years' War
- 1618: Fighting in Bohemia with skirmishes in front of Neuhaus and Pilgrams
- 1619: Skirmishes during the siege of Vienna by the Bohemians under Heinrich Matthias von Thurn and at Ulrichskirchen
- 1620: Participation in the Battle of the White Mountain
- 1621: Fights at Neuhäusel Fortress and near Gutta
- 1622: The regiment is deployed in Lower Austria
Fallen senior officers
literature
- Alphons Freiherr von Wrede “History of the Austro-Hungarian Wehrmacht III. Volume “Verlag Seidel & Sohn - Vienna 1901
Footnotes
- ↑ That then only referred to the cavalry regiment