List of infantry regiments of the Imperial Habsburg Army in the early modern period
The present list of infantry regiments of the Austro - Habsburg emperor of the Holy Roman Empire ends with the resignation of the Roman-German imperial dignity in August 1806. There was no turning point like the Prussian army experienced due to its surrender in 1806. Since the 16th century, a large number of temporarily existing regiments were set up, mostly on the occasion of campaigns. They are not yet part of this overview.
Change in the names of the infantry regiments
In the 17th century the term "regiment on foot" was common (the name of the regiment chief followed). From 1717/18 " on foot " was no longer used and the term " infantry regiment " was added to the name of the regiment owner. Until the loss of the imperial dignity of the House of Habsburg in 1742, the regiments were generally referred to as " imperial ". In the short period between the Bavarian dignity and imperial dignity from 1742 to 1745, the troops were referred to as "royal Hungarian". Only when the Roman-German imperial dignity was regained in 1745 was the general term “imperial-royal” introduced for the regiments.
Explanation of the system
A root list and numbering of the infantry regiments of the Imperial Army was only introduced in 1769. For the infantry it was valid until the end of the First World War . Even after the numbering was introduced, the addition of the regimental owner's name was common. Previously, the regiments were only named after the regiment owner. In addition, the year of foundation has been added to the list below. This is intended to facilitate comparability. This numbering consistently follows the list of Georg Tessin . If several regiments were founded in one year, Ticino added a second number (e.g. "1756/2" = second imperial regiment that was set up in 1756). This is followed by the names of the regiment owners or the name (possibly name of the commander).
Meaning of the symbols used: "*" = foundation, "†" = dissolution, "<" = origin, "→" = whereabouts, "=" = double function as a standing regiment of an imperial estate.
Tribe list from 1769 and whereabouts 1806
German and Hungarian regiments
Despite the close affiliation of the Roman-German Empire to the Austrian House of Habsburg, the officers and soldiers of most of the regiments came from all over the Empire and Hungary. The imperial German regiments predominantly had their replacements in the imperial cities and the spiritual territories of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation . A large part of the population lived here. The Hungarian regiments are actually royal and come from the territories of the Hungarian crown . Walloon regiments came from the Austrian Netherlands , whose population, like the soldiers of the Italian regiments, was also referred to as German because their areas belonged to the Roman-German Empire .
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Infantry Regiment No. 1 (1726/1) German (<Elector Carl Ignaz von Lothringen rent regiment from Kurtrier )
- Established in 1715 as an Electorate of Trier regiment and taken over in imperial service in 1716 as the rental regiment "Old Lorraine", owner: Hereditary Prince Leopold Clemens Karl von Lothringen , 1723 unoccupied. In 1726 completely taken over by the emperor, owned by Duke Franz von Lothringen ("Alt-Lorraine on foot"), from 1745 Emperor Franz , 1765 Emperor Joseph II , 1769 Emperor Leopold II , 1792 Emperor Franz II. → 1860 Kuk Silesian Infantry Regiment "Kaiser" No. 1
- Substitute / origin: Advertised primarily in Mainz , Frankfurt am Main , Darmstadt , Mannheim , Heilbronn , Cologne , Bingen , Kreuznach , Worms , Aschaffenburg . 1766 Upper Rhine Empire Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 2 (1741/2) Hungarian
- 1741 as "Ujváry on foot", unoccupied named after Colonel Ladislaus von Ujváry , 1745 Ladislaus von Ujváry, 1749 Archduke Carl Joseph , 1761 Archduke Ferdinand Carl of Austria → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 2
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Infantry Regiment No. 3 (1726/2) German (<Elector Carl Ignaz von Lothringen rent regiment from Kurtrier )
- Established in 1715 as an Electorate of Trier regiment and taken over in imperial service in 1716 as a co-regiment “Young Lorraine” (owner: Prince Franz von Lothringen ). 1726 completely taken over by the emperor, owned by Leopold von Lignéville , 1734 Gottfried Ernst von Wuttgenau , 1736 Lucas Giovanni Pallavicini , 1736 Carl von Lothringen , 1780 Carl von Toscana , 1790 Archduke Carl of Austria → 1860 Kuk Moravian Infantry Regiment "Archduke Karl" No. 3
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis and imperial cities of the Lower Saxon Empire , from 1781 Lower Austria
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Infantry Regiment No. 4 Teutschmeister (1696/2) German
- 1696 as "Teutschmeister on foot" ( Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz ), 1717 "Teutschmeister-Infanterie" (name throughout), 1731 ( Clemens August von Bayern ), 1761 ( Carl Alexander von Lothringen ), 1780 ( Archduke Maximilian of Austria ), 1801 ( Archduke Karl of Austria ), 1805 (Archduke Anton Victor), 1806 Kuk Infantry Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister No. 4
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis , imperial cities of the Lower Saxon Empire and Franconian Empire (especially the German Order of the Franks )
- Garrisons: 1699 Sibiu, 1711 Huszt, 1714 Aachen, 1715 Luxembourg , 1716 Brussels, then Roermonde, 1718 Brussels, 1719 Ghent, Mechelen, 1720 Brussels, 1721 Ghent, 1722 Brussels, 1725 Mons, 1728 Brussels, 1730 Antwerp, 1731 Schweidnitz, 1733 Pilsen, 1736 Pavia, 1749 Marburg , then Klagenfurt , 1752 Jung-Bunzlau , 1754 Ofen, 1763 Mons, 1777 Ungarisch-Brod, 1775 Bruck an der Leitha, 1779 Vienna, 1785 Brussels, 1786 Vienna, 1791 Vienna, 1798 Vienna, 1801 Vienna , 1805 Vienna.
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Infantry Regiment No. 5 (1766/2) German
- 1766 as "1. Garrison Regiment "→ 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 5
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Infantry Regiment No. 6 (1767/1) German
- 1767 as "2. Garrison Regiment "→ 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 6
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Infantry Regiment No. 7 (1691/2) German
- 1691 as "Öttingen on foot" ( Wilhelm von Öttingen ), 1691 Johann Ferdinand von Pfeffershoven , 1700 Eberhard Friedrich von Neipperg , 1717 Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg , 1774 Franz Xaver Harrach , 1783 Carl von Schröder → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 7
- Garrisons: 1718: Ofen, 1720: Arad , 1730: Belgrade, 1731: Esseg and Pancsova , 1736: Ferrara , 1739: Parma , as well as Lucca, Siena , Pisa and the island of Elba .
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 8 (1642/8) German
- 22nd November 1642 as "Schifer on foot" ( Alexander Schifer von und zu Freyling auf Daxberg and Lichtenau ), 1646 Johann Bernhard von Knöring , 1647 Johann Reichard von Starhemberg , 1661 Herbert Pio di Savoia , 1676 Prosper von Arco , 1679 Max Laurenz von Starhemberg , 1689 Philipp von Chizzola , 1691 Leonard Alexander von Lapaczek , 1700 Nikolaus Graf Pálffy von Erdöd , 1732 Joseph Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , 1787 Carl Pallavicini , 1801 Archduke Ludwig Joseph of Austria > 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 8
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 9 (1725/2) German (Walloon)
- August 1, 1725 as "Franz Los Rios" ( Franz Los Rios de Gutierez ), 1775 Carl Clerfayt de Croix , 1802 Adam von Czartoryski-Sangusco → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 9
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Infantry Regiment No. 10 (1715/1) German
- October 14, 1715 as "Jung-Württemberg" ( Heinrich Friedrich von Württemberg ), 1717 Ludwig von Württemberg , 1734 Georg Anton von Lindesheim , 1740 Ludwig Ernst von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel ("Jung-Wolfenbüttel"), 1750 "Wolfenbüttel", 1788 " vacat Wolfenbüttel ”, 1790 Carl von Kheul , 1798“ vacat Kheul ”, 1802 Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander von Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 10
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
- Garrisons: 1714 Brussels , 1720 Charleroi , 1721 Brussels, 1722 Charleroi, then Mons , 1723 Ath , 1727 Antwerp , 1731 Brussels, 1732 Charleroi, 1735–1742 Luxembourg , 1749 Brno , 1752 Pilsen , 1763 Pisek , 1775 Budweis , 1780 Vienna , Krems , 1790 Budweis, 1795 Josephstadt , 1797 Vienna, 1801 Budweis, 1802 Wels , 1803 Neuhaus , 1804 Graz .
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Infantry Regiment No. 11 (1629/7) German
- May 15, 1629 as "Hardegg on foot", 1630 Julius von Hardegg , 1636 Franz de Mers , 1667 Ludwig von Montevergues , 1669 Albert von Tasso , 1669 Jobst Hilmar von Knigge , 1683 Philipp Emerich von Metternich-Winneburg , 1698 Tobias von Haßlingen , 1717 Heinrich Wilhelm von Wilczek , 1789 Ignaz von Haßlingen , 1739 Franz Wenzel Wallis , 1774 Michael Johann von Wallis , 1801 Archduke Rainer → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 11
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 12 (1702/7) German
- June 23, 1702 as "Holstein-Plön on foot" ( Adolph August von Holstein-Plön ), 1704 Hubert Dominik Du Saix d'Arnaut , 1728 Christoph Bernhard von Kettler , 1734 Franz Ignaz von Rumpf , 1736 Gottfried Ernst von Wuttgenau , 1737 Friedrich Ernst von Reitzenstein , 1739 Anton Otto von Botta d'Adorno , 1775 Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch , 1792 Friedrich von Manfredini → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 12
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Kurrheinischer Reichskreis
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Infantry Regiment No. 13 (1642/9) German
- 1642 as "Traun on foot" ( Otto Federdinand Abendsberg von Traun ), 1651 Leopold Wilhelm von Baden-Baden , 1671 Louis de La Borde , 1681 Sigmund Friedrich von Scherffenberg , 1688 Guido von Starhemberg , 1737 Phillip Ludwig von Moltke , 1780 Johann Franz Anton Baron von Zedtwitz , 1786 Franz Wenzel Reisky von Dubnitz → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 13
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Swabian Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 14 (1733/5) German
- 1733 as "Salm Infantry Regiment" ( Nikolaus Leopold zu Salm-Salm ), 1770 Franz Joseph von Ferraris , 1775 Joseph von Tillier , 1786 Wilhelm von Klebek → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 14
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis and imperial cities of the Lower Saxon Empire
- Infantry Regiment No. 15 (1716/1) German ( taken over from Osnabrück (Leibregiment)>)
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
- June 12, 1716 as "Pallavicini on foot" ( Giovanni Lucas Pallavicini ), 1773 Dominik Fabris de Santo-Tomiotti , 1798 Eduard d'Alton , 1797 Wilhelm Georg von Orange , 1799 unoccupied, 1801 Carl von Riese → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 15th
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Infantry Regiment No. 16 (1703/1) German
- 1703 as “Virmond on foot” ( Damian Hugo von Virmond ), 1722 Avono von Livingstein , 1741 Christian Moritz von Königsegg-Rothenfels (“Jung-Königsegg”), 1751 “Königsegg”, 1778–1799 Ludwig von Terzi , 1800 unoccupied, 1802 Archduke Rudolph - 1806–1832: Infantry Regiment No. 16 ' Marquis Lusignan '
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis (esp. Prince Diocese of Münster ), imperial cities of the Lower Saxon Empire and Swabian Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 17 (1681/1) German
- 1681 as "Stadl on foot" ( Ferdinand von Stadl ), 1694 Carl Egon von Fürstenberg-Möskirch , 1702 Philipp Emanuel von Longueval and Buquoy , 1703 Carl Alexander von Württemberg "Württemberg", 1716 called "Alexander Württemberg", 1737 Cajetan von Kolowrat- Krakowsky , 1773 Johann Baptist von Koch , 1781 Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenlohe-Kirchberg , 1796 unoccupied, 1801 Heinrich von Reuss-Plauen → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 17
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 18 (1682/11) German
- 1682 as "Lorraine on foot" ( Leopold von Lothringen und Bar ), 1698 Joseph Innozenz von Lothringen , 1705 Johann Adolph von Wetzel , 1706 Johann Ernst Hoffmann von Eidlitz , 1707 Franz Xaver von Sonnenberg and Heindl , 1714 Johann Damian von Sickingen , 1716 Johann Herrmann von Nesselrode , 1719 Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff , 1742 Ernst Dietrich Marschall von Burgholzhausen , 1773 Jakob Friedrich von Brinken , 1791 Patrik Stuart → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 18
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 19 (1734/6) Hungarian
- 1734 as Johann "Pálffy Infantry Regiment" ( Johann Pálffy ab Erdöd ), 1773 Richard d'Alton , 1786 Joseph Alvinczy von Berberek → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 19
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Infantry Regiment No. 20 (1681/2) German
- 1681 as "Neuburg on foot" ( Ludwig Anton von der Pfalz zu Neuburg ), 1694 Johann Karl von Thüngen , 1710 Friedrich Wilhelm von Holstein-Beck , 1718 Johann Friedrich von Diesbach , 1744 Anton von Colloredo-Waldsee ("Alt-Colloredo") , 1785 Franz Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietberg → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 20
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 21 (1733/6) German
- 1733 as "Colmenero Infantry Regiment" ( Franz Ludwig Colmenero de Valderois ), 1734 Ludwig Ferdinand von Schulenburg-Oyenhausen , 1754 Carl Raimund von Arenberg , 1778 Sigmund von Gemmingen-Hornberg → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 21
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 22 (1709/3) German
- 1709 as "Plischau on foot" ( Engelhard von Plischau ), 1718 Franz Carl von Laimagh zu Epurg , 1723 Albrecht Wolfgang von Brandenburg-Culmbach , 1735 Heinrich Jakob von Suckow , 1741 Wilhelm Moritz von Roth , 1748 Jakob Ignaz von Hagenbach , 1757 Salomon speaker von Bernegg , 1786 Franz Moritz von Lacy , 1802 Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 22
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Bavarian Empire (especially Archbishopric Salzburg , Hochstift Passau , Hochstift Regensburg ) and Swabian Empire including Swabian Austria
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Infantry Regiment No. 23 (1672/7) German
- 1672 as "Wopping on foot" ( Ferdinand Ludwig von und zu Wopping ), 1674 Hermann von Baden-Baden , 1676 Ludwig Wilhelm Baden-Baden , 1707 Ludwig Georg von Baden-Baden , 1761 August Georg Simpert von Baden-Baden , 1771 Joseph Heinrich von Ried , 1800 Ferdinand von Toskana , 1803 "Salzburg" → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 23 → † 1809 as "Infantry Regiment No. 21 Würzburg"
- Replacement / Origin: 1766 Swabian Imperial Circle , especially Margraviate Baden and surrounding imperial cities
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Infantry Regiment No. 24 (1662/3) German
- 1662 as "Spieck on foot" ( Lukas von Spieckh zu Uibergau ), 1665 Jakob von Leslie , 1675 Heinrich von Mannsfeld and Fondi , 1702 Christoph Heinrich von Chalons, called Gehlen , 1703 Maximilian Adam von Starhemberg , 1741 Emanuel Michael von Starhemberg , 1771 Johann Franz von Preiß , 1799 unoccupied, 1801 Carl von Auersperg > 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 24
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Swabian Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 25 (1672/8) German
- August 7, 1672 as "Serényi on foot" ( Johann Carl von Serényi ), 1691 Franz Christoph von Amenzaga , 1693 Scipio von Bagni , 1721 Philipp von Langlet , 1723 Matthäus de Luccini , 1730 unoccupied, 1731 Franz Carl von Wachtendonck , 1741 Octavio O d'Aragona Piccolomini , 1757 Franz Ludwig von Thürheim , 1783 Ludwig von Bréchainvilie , 1799 unoccupied, 1801 Johann Rüdiger von Sporck → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 25
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Bavarian Empire (especially Archbishopric Salzburg , Hochstift Passau , Hochstift Regensburg ) and Swabian Empire : Swabian Austria
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Infantry Regiment No. 26 (1724/2) German (from Ansbach rental regiment)
- 1727 as "Müffling Infantry Regiment" ( Heinrich von Müffling ), 1737 Nikolaus von Grünne , 1751 Antonio de la Puebla de Portugalo , 1776 Franz Carl von Riese , 1786 Joseph Alvinczy von Berberek , 1786 Richard d'Alton , 1790 Wilhelm Schröder von Lilienhof , 1800 unoccupied, 1803 Ludwig von Hohenlohe-Bartenstein , → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 26
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Kurrheinischer Reichskreis
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Infantry Regiment No. 27 (1682/12) German
- 1682 as "Nigrelli on foot" ( Octavio Nigrelli ), 1703 Johann Hieronymus von und zum Jungs , 1732 Max von Hessen-Cassel , 1753 Christoph von Baden-Durlach , 1789 unoccupied, 1791 Leopold Strassoldo → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 27
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis , imperial cities of the Lower Saxon Empire and Swabian Empire (esp. Margraviate Baden-Durlach )
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Infantry Regiment No. 28 (1698/1) German
- 1698 as "Thürheim on foot" ( Franz Sebastian Thürheim ), 1713 Friedrich Ernst von Lanckhen , 1716 Leopold Philipp von Arenberg , 1754 Leopold von Scherzer , 1756 Heinrich Friedrich Wied-Runkel , 1779 Wilhelm von Wartensleben , 1799 Michael von Fröhlich → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 28
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 29 (1704/1) German
- 1704 "Wendt on foot" ( Johann Adam de Wendt ), 1709 Ferdinand Albert von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ("Bevern"), 1736 Carl von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ("Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel"), 1740 "Alt-Wolfenbüttel" , 1750 Gideon Ernst von Loudon , 1769 “Loudon Infantry No. 29 “, 1791 Olivier Remigius Wallis , 1799 unoccupied, 1803 Carl von Lindenau → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 29
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 30 (1725/3) German (from Pancalier, Lannoy and Gand)
- 1725 as "Prié Infantry Regiment" ( Johann Anton de Prié Turinetti de Pancaliere ), 1753 Wilhelm von Sachsen-Gotha , 1771 Carl Joseph De Ligne → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 30
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Infantry Regiment No. 31 (1741/3) Hungarian
- 1741 as "Haller Infantry Regiment", unoccupied (named after Samuel Haller von Hallerstein ), 1777 Anton Esterházy de Galantha , 1780 Joseph von Oross , 1792 Johann von Beaulieu-Marconnay ("Beaulieu"), 1794 Johann von Benjovszky von Benjov → 1806 Infantry - Regiment No. 31
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Infantry Regiment No. 32 (1741/4) Hungarian
- 1741 as "Forgach Infantry Regiment", unoccupied (named after Colonel Ignaz von Forgách de Ghyimes ), 1744 Ignaz von Forgách de Ghyimes, 1773 Sámuel Gyulay von Marosnémeth and Nádaska , 1802 Nikolaus II Esterházy de Galantha → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 32
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Infantry Regiment No. 33 (1741/5) Hungarian
- 1741 as "Andrassy Infantry Regiment", unoccupied (named after Colonel Adam von Andrássy ), 1744 Adam von Andrássy, 1753 Nikolaus Esterházy , 1791 Anton Sztáray → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 33
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Infantry Regiment No. 34 (1733/10) Hungarian
- 1733 as "Vettes Infantry Regiment" ( Ladislaus von Kökényesdi de Vettes ), 1756 Adam von Batthyányi-Strattmann , 1780 Anton von Esterházy de Galantha , 1794 vacant , 1799 Paul von Kray de Krajova et Toplja , 1804 Pavle Davidović (Paul von Davidovich) → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 34
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Infantry Regiment No. 35 (1683/7) German
- 1683 as "Württemberg on foot" ( Georg Friedrich von Württemberg-Stuttgart ), 1685 Johann Dominik (Ulysses) von Spinola , 1686 Guidobald von Starhemberg , 1688 Carl Ludwig von Archinto de Tayna , 1693 Johann Martin von Gschwind von Pöckstein , 1721 Johann Carl von Trautson zu Falkenstein , 1730 Daniel von Fürstenbusch , 1739 Carl August von Waldeck , 1763 Johann Sigismund Macquire von Inniskillen , 1767 Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt , 1774 Patrik Oliver von Wallis , 1788 Anton von Brentano-Cimaroli , 1793 Franz von Wenckheim , 1794 vacant, 1802 Hercules Reinhold von Modena , 1803 Archduke Maximilian Joseph of Austria-Este → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 35
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 36 (1683/8) German
- 1683 as "Leslie on foot" ( Jakob von Leslie ), 1692 Philipp Erasmus von Liechtenstein , 1704 Max Ludwig von Regal , 1718 ( Franz Paul von Wallis ) "Jung-Wallis", 1737 Maximilian Ulysses Browne , 1757 Joseph von Browne , 1759 Johann von Tillier , 1761 Franz Ulrich von Kinsky , 1793 unoccupied, 1797 Carl von Fürstenberg , 1801 Johann Karl Kolowrat-Krakowsky → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 36
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 37 (1741/6) Hungarian
- 1741 as "Szirmay Infantry Regiment", 1741 unoccupied (named after 1741 Thomas von Szirmay , 1743 Caspar Bossányi ), 1744 Joseph von Esterházy de Galantha , 1762 Joseph von Siskovics , 1784 Joseph De Vins , 1798 unoccupied, 1803 Franz Xaver von Auffenberg → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 37
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Infantry Regiment No. 38 (1725/4) German (Walloon, from de Ligne and Maldeghem)
- 1725 as "de Ligne Infantry Regiment" ( Claudius de Ligne ), 1766 Carl Merode d'Aynse , 1771 Franz Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietberg , 1785 Ferdinand Friedrich August von Württemberg → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 38
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Infantry Regiment No. 39 (1756/3) Hungarian
- 1756 as "Johann Palffy Infantry Regiment" ( Johann Pálffy ab Erdöd ), 1758 Jakob von Preysach , 1787 Thomas Nádasdy , 1800 vacant , 1803 Peter Duka von Kádár → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 39
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Infantry Regiment No. 40 (1733/7) German
- 1733 as "Damnitz Infantry Regiment" ( Wolfgang Damnitz ), 1754 Carl von Colloredo-Waldsee ("Jung-Colloredo"), 1786 Joseph von Mittrowsky → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 40
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Kurrheinischer Reichskreis
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Infantry Regiment No. 41 (1734/5) German (from rental regiment , Bavarian owner: 1701 Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , 1704 Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , 1727 Wilhelm Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth >)
- 1734 as "Bayreuth Infantry Regiment" ( Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth ), 1763 unoccupied, 1765 Thomas Plunquet , 1770 Wenzel von Fürstenberg-Stühlingen , 1777 Ludwig von Belgiojoso , 1778 Blasius Columban von Bender , 1798 unoccupied, 1803 Friedrich Wilhelm Carl von Württemberg , 1805 Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 41
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis and imperial cities of the Lower Saxon Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 42 (1685/2) German (from Würzburg rental regiment)
- 1685 as "Thüngen on foot" ( Johann Karl von Thüngen ), 1694 Friedrich Leopold von Thavonat , 1694 Wenzel Guttenstein , 1706 Johann Adam von Wetzel , 1720 Philipp Ludwig von Bettendorff , 1734 Johann Alexander O'Nelly , 1743 Sigmund Friedrich von Gaisruck , 1769 Richard von Gemmingen auf Hornberg zu Treschklingen , 1775 Johann Andreas von Mathesen , 1793 Carl Eugen von Erbach-Schönberg → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 42
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 43 (1715/2) German
- 1715 as "Young Wallis on foot" ( Franz Paul von Wallis ), 1718 Ferdinand von Geyer , 1725 Erasmus von Starhemberg, 1730 Johann von Lochstädt , 1732 Bartholomeus Valparadiso d'Andia , 1734 Matthias von Wuschlewitz , 1737 Johann Anton Platz , 1768 Ludwig Buttler , 1775 Anton von Thurn-Valle-Sassina , → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 43
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Swabian Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 44 (1744/1) German (Italian)
- 1744 as "Clerici Infantry Regiment" ( Georg Anton de Clerici ), 1769 Rudolph Carl von Gaisruck , 1778 Ludwig Carl von Belgiojoso von Barbiano , 1797 unoccupied, 1801 Friedrich von Bellegarde → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 44
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Infantry Regiment No. 45 (1682/13) German
- 1682 as "Trauttmannsdorf on foot" ( Joachim Sigmund von Trauttmannsdorf ), 1682 Carl Theododor von Salm zu Daun and Kyrburg zum Stein , 1711 Heinrich Joseph von Daun "Jung-Daun", 1741 "Alt-Daun", 1761 Wilhelm von O'Kelly , 1765 Friedrich Ernst von Bülow , 1776 Franz von Lattermann → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 45, † 1809
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Swabian Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 46 (1745/2) German
- 1745 as "Tiroler Land- und Feld-Regiment", 1766 Vinzen Felix von Migazzi , 1786 Franz von Neugebauer → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 46
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Bavarian Empire (especially Archbishopric Salzburg , Hochstift Passau , Hochstift Regensburg ) and Swabian Empire : Swabian Austria
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Infantry Regiment No. 47 (1682/14) German
- 1682 as "Wallis on foot" Ernst Georg Olivier Wallis , 1689 Franz Helfried Jörger de Tollet , 1691 Notger Wilhelm von Oettingen-Baldern , 1692 Michael von Sapieha , 1694 Laurenz Victor von Solari , 1704 Joseph Philipp Harrach zu Rohrau , 1764 Friedrich von Brandenburg- Bayreuth , 1769 Ludwig Carl von Ellrichshausen , 1779 Franz Joseph Kinsky , 1805 Ludwig Vogelsang → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 47
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Kurrheinischer Reichskreis and Franconian Reichskreis (especially the Principality of Bayreuth )
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Infantry Regiment No. 48 (1721/2) German (Italian)
- 1721 as "Alcaudete Infantry Regiment", 1734 Johann von Vasquez de Binas , 1755 Emanuel Luzan , 1765 Joseph Heinrich von Ried , 1773 Aeneas Caprara , 1794 Johann von Schmidtfeld , † 1795 (number received 1798) Infantry Regiment No. 48 (1798/9) see below
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Infantry Regiment No. 49 (1724/1) German (from " Baden-Durlach " rental regiment ( Carl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach ))
- 1724 as "Walsegg Infantry Regiment" ( Otto von Walsegg ), 1743 Johann Leopold Bärnklau , 1747 Carl Gustav von Kheul , 1758 Ludwig von Angern , 1767 Carl Pellegrini , 1797 Wilhelm von Kerpen → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 49
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Swabian Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 50 (1629/8) German
- 1629 as "Max Waldstein on foot" ( Maximilian von Waldstein ), 1635 Johann von Adelshofen , 1639 Achilles von Soye , 1643 Thomas Henderson, 1645 Ludwig Ratwig Souches Dyouju , 1691 Leopold Herberstein , 1717 "Waldstein Infantry", 1728 Casimier von Wurmbrandt , 1749 Ferdinand Wilhelm Harsch , 1760 Andreas Poniakowski , 1773 Stain → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 50
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 51 (1702/9) Hungarian
- 1702 as "Bagosy- Heiducken " ( Paul Bagosy ), 1707 Franz Gyulai , 1729 Franz Pálffy ab Erdöd , 1735 Stephan Gyulai , 1759 Franz Gyulai , 1788 Gabriel Splényi von Miháldy → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 51
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Infantry Regiment No. 52 (1741/7) Hungarian
- 1741 as "Bethlen Infantry Regiment" ( Joseph Adam von Bethlen ), 1741 vacant (named after Wolfgang von Bethlen ), 1747 Wolfgang von Bethlen, 1763 Franz Károlyi de Nagy-Károly , 1791 Anton Victor of Austria , 1804 Archduke Franz Carl of Austria → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 52
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Infantry Regiment No. 53 (1756/4) Hungarian
- 1756 as "Simbschen Infantry Regiment" ( Joseph Carl von Simbschen ), 1763 Levin Philipp von Beck , 1768 Johann Leopold von Pálffy from Erdöd , 1791 Johann Jelačić von Bužim → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 53
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Infantry Regiment No. 54 (1661/2) German
- 1661 as "Sparr on foot" ( Georg Friedrich Reichsgraf von Sparr ), 1669 Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg , 1679 "Alt-Starhemberg", 1701 Georg Friedrich von Kriechbaum , 1701 Bertrand von Wachtendonck , 1720 Lothar von Königsegg-Rothenfels , 1751 Claudius von Sincère , 1769 Carl von Callenberg , 1800 unoccupied, 1802 Ferdinand von Morzin , 1805 Joseph Froon von Kirchrath → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 54
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Franconian Imperial Circle
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Infantry Regiment No. 55 (1742/3) German (Walloon)
- 1742 as "1. new Walloon Regiment Infantry ”, 1745 Carl Anton d'Arberg , 1768 Joseph Murray de Melgum , 1803 Heinrich von Reuss-Greitz → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 35
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Infantry Regiment No. 56 (1684/4) German
- 1684 as "Houchin on foot" ( Paul Anton von Houchin ), 1699 Wirich Philipp von und zu Daun ("Jung-Daun"), 1706 "Daun", 1711 "Alt-Daun", 1741 Anton Ignaz Mercy d'Argenteau , 1767 Jacob Robert von Nugent-Westmeath , 1784 Wenzel Joseph von Colloredo-Mels and Wallsee → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 55
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Swabian Empire
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Infantry Regiment No. 57 (1689/1) German
- 1689 as "Coburg on foot" ( Albrecht von Sachsen-Coburg ), 1699 Carl Sebastian Cratz von Scharffenstein , 1704 Johann Damian von Sickingen , 1713 Hannibal von Wellenstein , 1716 Georg Browne de Camus , 1729 unoccupied, 1731 Patrik O'Neillan , 1734 Adam Sigmund von Thüngen , 1745 Joseph von Andlau , 1769 Joseph Maria Colloredo-Mels and Wallsee → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 56
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Kurrheinischer Reichskreis
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Infantry Regiment No. 58 (1763/1) German (Walloon) (from France)
- 1763 as "Four Set Infantry Regiment" ( Carl Albert de St. Omer von Vierset de Billché ), 1794 Peter Beaulieu → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 57
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Infantry Regiment No. 59 (1682/15) German
- 1682 as "Beckh on foot" ( Leopold Melchior Van der Beckh ), 1693 Ludwig Ferdinand von Marsigli , 1704 Anton Egydius Jörger zu Tollet , 1716 Ottokar von Starhemberg , 1731 Franz Wenzel von Wallis , 1740 Leopold von Daun , 1766 Franz von Daun and Thiano , 1771 Peter von Langlois , 1790 Alexander von Jordis → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 58
- Replacement / origin: 1766 Upper Rhine Empire
Border infantry
In the 18th century, the border infantry was not counted among the light troops, but among the regular line infantry.
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Infantry Regiment No. 60 of 1746/2 "border guards" ( Croatian military border - Lika )
- 1746 as Guicciardi Carlstädter-Liccaner Grenzer - 1753 Scherzer - 1754 Petazzi - 1763 Liccaner Grenzer - 1769 Liccaner Grenz-Infanterie Nr. 60 → 1798 Carlstädter Likaner Grenz-Infanterieregiment Nr. 1
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Infantry Regiment No. 61 from 1746/3 "border guards" (Croatian military border - Otočac )
- 1746 as Harberstein Carlstädter-Otocaner Grenzer - 1763 Otocaner Grenzer - 1769 Otocaner Grenz-Infantry No. 61 → 1798 Carlstadt Otocaner Grenz-Infantry Regiment No. 2
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Infantry Regiment No. 62 from 1746/4 "border guards" (Croatian military border - Ogulin )
- 1746 as Dillis Carlstädter-Oguliner Grenzer - 1763 Oguliner Grenzer - 1769 Oguliner Grenz-Infanterie Nr. 62 → 1798 Carlstadt Oguliner Grenz-Infantry Regiment Nr. 3
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Infantry Regiment No. 63 of 1746/5 "border guards" (Croatian military border - Slunj )
- 1746 as Petazzi Carlstädter-Szluin border guards - 1763 Szluin border guards - 1769 Szluin border infantry No. 63 → 1798 Carlstädter Szluin border infantry regiment No. 4
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Infantry Regiment No. 64 of 1749/1 "border guards" (Croatian military border - Križevci )
- 1749 as Leylersberg Warasdiner-Creutzer Grenzer - 1763 Warasdiner Creutzer Grenzer - 1769 Warasdiner Creutzer Grenz-Infanterie No. 64 → 1798 Warasdiner Creutz Grenz-Infantry Regiment No. 5
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Infantry Regiment No. 65 of 1749/2 "border guards" (Croatian military border - Đurđevac )
- 1749 as Kengyel Warasdiner-St. Georger Grenzer - 1754 Guicciardi - 1756 Warasdiner St. George Frontier Infantry - 1769 St. George Frontier Infantry No. 65 → 1798 Warasdiner St. George Frontier Infantry Regiment No. 6
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Infantry Regiment No. 66 of 1747/4 "Grenzer" ( Slavonian military border - Slavonski Brod )
- 1747 as Slavonski Broder Border Infantry - 1769 Slavonski Broder Border Infantry No. 66 → 1798 Slavonski Broder Border Infantry Regiment No. 7
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Infantry Regiment No. 67 of 1747/5 "border guards" (Slavonian military border - Nova Gradiška )
- 1747 as Slavonski Gradiscaner Grenz-Infanterie - 1769 Slavonski Gradiscaner Grenz-Infantry No. 67 → 1798 Slavonski Gradiskaner Grenz-Infantryregiment No. 8
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Infantry Regiment No. 68 of 1747/6 "border guards" (Slavonian military border - Petrovaradin )
- 1747 as Slavonski Peterwardein Frontier Infantry - 1769 Slavonski Peterwardein Frontier Infantry No. 68 → 1798 Slavonski Peterwardein Frontier Infantry Regiment No. 9
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Infantry Regiment No. 69 of 1750/2 "border guards" ( Banat military border )
- 1750 as 1st Banal Border Infantry - 1769 1st Banal Border Infantry No. 69 → 1798 1st Banal Border Infantry Regiment No. 10
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Infantry Regiment No. 70 of 1750/3 "border guards" (Banat military border)
- 1750 as 2nd Banal Border Infantry - 1769 2nd Banal Border Infantry No. 70 → 1798 2nd Banal Border Infantry Regiment No. 11
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Infantry Regiment No. 71 of 1765/1 "border guards" (Banat military border)
- 1765 as Temesvarer Settlement Corps - 1769 Temesvarer Infantry Regiment No. 71 - 1775 German-Banat Border Infantry No. 71 → 1798 German-Banat Border Infantry No. 12
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Infantry Regiment No. 72 of 1766/1 "border guards" (Banat military border)
- 1766 as Illyrian-Banat Frontier Infantry - 1769 Illyrian-Banat Frontier Infantry Regiment No. 72 - 1775 Wallachian-Illyrian Frontier Infantry Regiment No. 72 → 1798 Wallachian-Illyrian Frontier Infantry No. 13
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Infantry Regiment No. 73 of 1764/3 "Grenzer" ( Transylvanian military border )
- 1750 as 1st Szekler Frontier Infantry - 1769 1st Szekler Frontier Infantry No. 73 → 1798 1st Szekler Frontier Infantry Regiment No. 14 → Infantry Regiment No. 5
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Infantry Regiment No. 74 of 1764/4 "Grenzer" (Transylvanian military border)
- 1750 as 2nd Szeklian Border Infantry - 1769 2nd Szeklian Border Infantry No. 74 → 1798 2nd Szeklian Border Infantry Regiment No. 15 → Infantry Regiment No. 6
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Infantry Regiment No. 75 of 1764/5 "border guards" (Transylvanian military border)
- 1750 as 1st Wallachian Border Infantry - 1769 1st Wallachian Border Infantry No. 75 → 1798 1st Wallachian Border Infantry Regiment No. 15 → Infantry Regiment No. 46
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Infantry Regiment No. 76 of 1764/6 "Grenzer" (Transylvanian military border)
- 1750 as 2nd Wallachian Border Infantry - 1769 2nd Wallachian Border Infantry No. 75 → 1798 2nd Walachian Border Infantry Regiment No. 15 → Infantry Regiment No. 50
Regiments established in 1798
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Infantry Regiment No. 48 from 1798/9 Hungarian
- 1798 as the 1st new Hungarian Line Infantry Regiment - 1798 Vucassovich → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 48
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Infantry Regiment No. 60 from 1798/10 Hungarian
- 1798 as the 2nd new Hungarian Line Infantry Regiment - 1798 Gyulay → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 60
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Infantry Regiment No. 61 from 1798/10 Hungarian
- 1798 as the 3rd new Hungarian Line Infantry Regiment - 1798 Saint Julien → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 61
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Infantry Regiment No. 62 from 1798/10 Hungarian
- 1798 as the 4th new Hungarian Line Infantry Regiment - 1798 Franz Jellacic → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 62
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Infantry Regiment No. 63 from 1799/1 German (Walloon)
- 1799 as Archduke Johann Infantry Regiment → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 63
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Infantry Regiment No. 64 from 1799/2 German (Italian)
- 1799 as Brentano, Italian Feldjäger-Corps - 1801 Mariassy → 1806 Infantry Regiment No. 64
Short-term "reduced" regiments
The imperial army was reinforced in the numerous wars, especially against the Ottoman Empire and against France, by newly established regiments; a corresponding list cannot show any numbering, only references to the year of establishment. Selection:
- Imperial regiment Jung-Wolframsdorf on foot (1661) (1661/4) - † 1662
See also
- List of cavalry regiments of the Imperial Habsburg army in the early modern period
- List of kuk combat troops (successors to numerous units mentioned here)
- List of the Standing Armies of the Early Modern Period
- Military border
literature
- Hans Bleckwenn : The regiments of the Empress: Thoughts on the Albertina manuscript 1762 of the Army History Museum Vienna . In: Maria Theresia - Contributions to the history of the army of her time . Writings of the Army History Museum in Vienna - Volume 3 . Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1967, p. 25-53 .
- Hermann Meynert : History of the KK Austrian Army, its formation and organization, as well as its fate, actions and campaigns, from the earliest to the present time . C. Gerold and Son, Vienna 1854 ( books.google.it ).
- Alfons von Wrede, Anton Semek: History of the K. u. K. Wehrmacht. Volume I: Infantry . Seidel, Vienna (1898–1905).
- Jürg Zimmermann : Military administration and army deployment in Austria until 1806 . In: Military History Research Office (Hrsg.): German military history in six volumes . tape 1 , section III. Manfred Pawlak Verlagsgesellschaft, Herrsching 1983, ISBN 3-88199-112-3 (licensed edition of the Bernard & Grafe Verlag, Munich edition).
Web links
- Directory of regiment chiefs at the Wrede plant (PDF; 317 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Austrian infantry Ordinair flag of the 1743 pattern. Kronoskaf , accessed March 31, 2013 .
- ^ Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century. 3 vol. Osnabrück 1986–1995.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Imperial advertising from 1766 - allocation of the imperial districts to the kk regiments (PDF; 276 kB) from: Wrede, history of the k. and k. Wehrmacht , vol. 1
- ↑ History of the Imperial Infantry Regiment Oskar II. Friedrich König of Sweden and Norway. No. 10. From its establishment in 1715 to November 1888. Self-published by the KK Infantry Regiment No. 10, Vienna 1888 ( archive.org ).
- ↑ geneagraphie.com
- ↑ Austrian Infantry Regiments and Their Commanders 1792-1815: Line Infantry Regiments No. 11, 20
- ^ Karl Friedrich Hermann Albrecht: boys, Johann Hieronymus Freiherr von and zum . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 706 f.
- ^ Adolf Schinzl: Sztáray, Anton Graf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 293-295.
- ^ Son of Duke Eberhard III. of Württemberg
- ↑ kuk-wehrmacht.de ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See Wilhelm Edler von Janko : Duka, Peter Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 455.
- ^ Wilhelm Edler von Janko: Erbach-Schönberg, Karl Eugen Graf zu . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 185.
- ^ Constantin von Wurzbach : Bellegarde, Friedrich Heinrich Graf von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 243 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Bärnklau, Johann Leopold Freiherr zu Schönreith . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 117 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Adolf Schinzl: Pellegrini, Karl Clemens Graf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 331 f.
- ↑ von-wurmbrand-stuppach.com
- ^ Wilhelm Edler von Janko: Harsch, Ferdinand Philipp Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 643.
- ^ Adolf Schinzl: Splényi, Gabriel, Freiherr v. Miháldy . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 233-235.
- ^ Wilhelm Edler von Janko: Beck, Philipp Levin Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 218 f.
- ^ Karl Friedrich Hermann Albrecht: Kriechbaum and Hohenberg, Georg Friedrich Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 161.
- ↑ Adolf Schinzl: Sincère, Claudius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 386 f.
- ^ Joseph Murray de Melgum in the French language Wikipedia
- ↑ See books.google.de
- ^ Adam Sigmund von Thüngen in the Luxembourgish Wikipedia