List of cavalry regiments of the Imperial Habsburg army in the early modern period

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The numbering of the cavalry regiments of the army of the Austrian - Habsburg emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was only introduced in 1769, whereby the numbering within the cavalry did not take into account the type of weapon. Furthermore, the otherwise practiced naming after the name of the respective regiment owner was common. Since the 16th century, a large number of temporarily existing regiments were set up, mostly on the occasion of campaigns. They are not part of this overview.

Explanation of the system

The tribe lists of the army of the Roman-German emperor changed in the early modern period. The lists shown are therefore subject to different systems at different times. Therefore the year of foundation (with serial number) is added to the regiments in this list. This is intended to facilitate comparability. If several regiments were founded in one year, a second number was added (e.g. "1756/2" = second imperial regiment, which was set up in 1756). This numbering consistently follows the Ticino line-ups . This is followed by the names of the regiment chiefs or the name (possibly name of the commander).

The numbering for the time of the Seven Years' War is based on Hans Bleckwenn . Tribe lists were officially created in 1769. This numbering was changed as early as 1789.

Meaning of the characters used: "*" = foundation, "†" = dissolution, ">" = whereabouts, "=" = double function as a standing regiment of an imperial estate.

Master lists for 1756 (regiment owners until 1769)

Before 1769 there were no master lists. For better identification, however, Bleckwenn introduced a system based on the Prussian Dessau specification based on the early 18th century. They are supplemented here by the numbering of Ticino (year of establishment).

Cuirassier regiments

The regiment Kürassierregiment Stambach (K 4) in 1762 - contemporary Albertina manuscript, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
  • Cuirassier Regiment K 3 (1679) - * 1679 as "Mercy-Cürassiere" - 1689 Commercy - 1702 Falkenstein - 1717 Friedrich von Württemberg - 1734 Carl Palffy - 1751 Palffy> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 8 (Palffy)
  • Cuirassier regiment K 4 (1682/3) - * 1682 as "Veterani-Cürassiere" - 1682 Friedrich von Veterani - 1695 Zanthe - 1704 Lobkowitz - 1717 Lobkowitz - 1753 Stampach> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 10 (Stampach)
  • Cuirassier Regiment K 6 (1721/1) - * 1721 as "Galbes-Cürassiere" - 1721 Galbes - 1726 Cordoba - 1756 O'Donnel> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 14 (O'Donnel)
  • Cuirassier regiment K 8 (1663/1) - * 1663 as "Garnier-Cürassiere" - 1663 Garnier - 1664 Nostitz - 1670 Dünewald - 1691 Truchsess - 1697 "Jung-Hannover" - 1703 Latour - 1711 Peter von Viard - 1738 Berner - 1751 Franz Carl Trauttmansdorff> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 21 (Trauttmansdorff)
  • Cuirassier regiment K 9 (1657/1) - * 1657 as "Knigge-Cürassiere" - 1669 Discounta - 1685 Pace - 11657 Knigge> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 22 (Kleinholdt)

Dragoon regiments

The Archduke Joseph (DI) dragoon regiment in 1762 - contemporary Albertina manuscript, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
* 1682 as Saurau-Cürassiere - 1682 Carl von Saurau , 1693 Maximilian Wilhelm von Braunschweig and Lüneburg , 1693 Walther Franz Xaver Anton von Dietrichstein , 1702 Sigmund Joachim von Trautmannsdorff , 1706 Franz Thomas Reising , 1711 Johann Peter von Saint-Amour , 1725 Joseph Wenzel von Liechtenstein , 1772 Johann von Liechtenstein > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 6 (Liechtenstein)
* 1631 as "Ilow-Dragoons" - 1631 Christian von Illow , 1634 Michael D´Espaigne , 1640 Johann De la Corona , 1653 Peter de Buschiere , 1661 Jakob von Gérard , 1676 Johann Valentin Schulz , 1686 Johann Jakob Kissel , 1689 Johann Ludwig Rabutin de Bussy , 1716 Amadeus de Bussy-Rabutin , 1727 Joseph Peter Waderborn von Dundy , 1731 Carl Joseph Batthyányi > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 7 (Batthyányi)
* 1706 as "Schönborn Dragoons" Lothar Franz von Schönborn ( Electoral Mainz rental regiment )> 1710 imperial , 1726 Ludwig Andreas Khevenhüller , 1744 Johann Joseph Holly , 1756 Hercules of Modena ("Young Modena")> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 13 ( "Young Modena")
* 1758 as "Young Löwenstein Dragoons" - Christian Philipp von Löwenstein-Wertheim > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 18 (Löwenstein)
* 1733 as "d'Ollone-Dragoons" - 1733 Alexius D'Ollone , 1746 Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt , 1768 Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 19 (Hessen-Darmstadt)
* 1718 as Ansbach-Dragoons - 1718 Wilhelm Friedrich von Brandenburg-Anspach , 1723 Carl Wilhelm Friedrich of Brandenburg-Anspach , 1726 Johann August von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg , 1767 Johann Bettony > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 28 (Bettony)
* 1725 as a Westerloo dragoon - 1725 Johann Philipp von Westerloo and Merode , 1732 Ferdinand de Ligne , 1757 Benedict Daun , 1758 Christian Philipp von Löwenstein-Wertheim , 1759 Joseph de Saintignon > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 31 (Saint-Ignon)
* 1683 as Herbeville Dragoons - 1683 Ludwig Herbeville , 1709 Franz Jörger zu Tollet , 1739 Carl Joachim von Römer , 1741 Philipp von Philibert , 1753 Emanuel Wenzel Kolowrat , 1769 Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld ,> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 37 (Coburg)
* 1688 as Heissler-Dragoons - 1688 Donat Johann Heissler von Heitersheim , 1692 Philipp Jakob Von der Porten (La Porte), 1693 Franz Joseph Count Serényi , 1705 Carl Colona zu Fels , 1713 Eberhard Ludwig von Württemberg , 1734 Karl Alexander von Württemberg , 1737 Carl Rudolph von Württemberg-Neuenstadt , 1740 Carl Eugen von Württemberg-Stuttgart
* 1701 as Bayreuth Dragoons - 1701 Christian Ernst von Brandenburg-Bayreuth , 1712 Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Bayreuth , 1727 Victor Philippi , 1740 Ludwig Balayra , 1753 August Porporati , 1757 Friedrich Michael von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1760 Chevaulegers, 1763 Dragoons ), 1738 Christian zu Waldeck > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 39 (Waldeck)
* 1733 as a Koháry dragoon - 1733 Andreas Koháry , 1758 Michael Althann > † 1768

Hussar regiments

The Esterhazy Hussar Regiment (H 5) in 1762 - contemporary Albertina manuscript, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
* 1756 as Kaiser Hussars> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 2 (Kaiser)
* 1688 as Palffy Hussars> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 11 (Nadasdy)
* 1734 as Károlyi Hussars - 1734 Alexander Károlyi de Nagy-Károly , 1738 Franz Károlyi de Nagy-Károly , 1741 Morocz, 1754 vacat Morocz, 1759 Rudolph Pálffy, 1762 Bethlen, 1768 Andreas Hadik von Futak > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 16 (Rudolph Palffy Hadik)
* 1742 as gondola hussars> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 17 (Kalnoky)
* 1742 as Esterhazy Hussars - 1742 Paul Anton Esterházy , 1762 Gabriel von Lusinsky > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 24 (Lusinski)
* 1696 as Déak hussars - 1696 Paul Déak de Mihály , 1706 Andreas von Viszlay , 1706 Johann Ladislaus Splényi de Mihály , 1730 Franz von Czungenberg , 1735 Emerich von Dessewffy , 1739 Johann Baranyay von Bodorfalva , 1766 Carl von Nauendorf > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 30 (Nauendorf)
* 1702 as Forgach Hussars> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 32 (Emmerich Esterhazy)
* 1733 as Havor Hussars - 1744 József von Dessewffy , 1768 Ferdinand Franz von Ujházy > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 34 (Ujházy)
* 1741 as Beleznai Hussars - 1741 Johann von Beleznay , 1754 Emerich Morosz , 1759 Joseph Adam Bethlen> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 35 (Bethlen)
* 1756 as Palatine Hussars - initially without owner, 1765 Andreas von Török > 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 36 (Török)
* 1733 as Splenyi Hussars - 1733 Gabriel von Splenyi de Mihaldy , 1762 Emerich von Esterhazy - † 1768
* 1734 as Ghilanyi Hussars - 1734 Johann von Ghilányi , 1753 Andreas von Hadik - † 1768 as Hadik Hussars

Border hussar regiments

  • Border Hussar Regiment HI (1746/1), Carlstädter> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 40
  • Border Hussar Regiment H II (1747/1), Warasdiner> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 41
  • Border Hussar Regiment H III (1750/1), banalists> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 42
  • Border Hussar Regiment H IV (1747/2), Slavonians> 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 43

Tribe list 1769

The trunk list from 1769 was the first official numbering in the imperial army. The names of the regimental owners were added. While the trunk list for the infantry regiments lasted until the First World War, the numbering for the cavalry regiments was only valid for a short time. The numbering mixed all cavalry classes. The seniority of the regiment owner, but not the age of the regiment, was the guideline for the order.

  • Cavalry Regiment No. 1 - 1769 Kaiser-Chevauxlegers> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 1 (Kaiser Chevauxlegers) (1688/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 2 - 1769 Kaiser Hussars> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 1 (1756/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 3 - 1769 Leopold Toscana> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 2 (1685/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 4 - 1769 Archduke Maximilian of Austria , 1780 Friedrich Anton von Hohenzollern-Hechingen > 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 6 (1683/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 5 - * 1768 as 1st Carabiner Regiment - 1769 Herzog-Albert-Carabiner> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 3 (1768/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 6 - 1769 Liechtenstein> † 1775 (1682/7)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 7 - 1769 Batthyranyi> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 12 (Kinsky) (1631/16)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 8 - 1769 Palffy> † 1775 (1679)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 9 - 1769 Savoy> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 15 (Savoy) (1682/6)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 10 - 1769 Modena> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 5 - † 1810 (1682/3)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 11 - 1769 Nadasdy> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 9 (1688/4)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 12 - 1769 Serbelloni, 1778 Georg (August) von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , 1786 Moriz Kavanagh > 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 12 (1672/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 13 - 1769 Young Modena> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 5 (Modena) (1710/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 14 - 1769 O'Donnel - 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 9> Dragoon Regiment No. 5 (1721/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 15 - * 1768 as 2nd Carabiner Regiment - 1769 Duke Albert> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 1 (1768/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 16 - 1769 Rudolph Palffy Hadik> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 6 (1734/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 17 - 1769 Kalnoky> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 4 (1742/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 18 - 1769 Löwenstein> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 4 (Karazcay) (1758/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 19 - 1769 Darmstadt> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 4 (Levenehr) (1733/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 20 - 1769 D'Ayasasa> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 10 (1629/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 21 - 1769 Trauttmansdorff> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 7 (1663/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 22 - 1769 Kleinholdt> † 1775 (1657/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 23 - 1769 Stampa> † 1775 (1636/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 24 - 1769 Lusinski> † 1775 (1742/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 25 - 1769 Podstatzky> † 1775 (1682/4)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 26 - 1769 Berlichingen> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 3 (Archduke Johann) (1682/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 27 - 1769 Benedikt Daun> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 4 (Czartoryski)> † 1802 (1682/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 28 - 1769 Bettony> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 10 (Lobkowitz) (1718)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 29 - 1769 Caramelli> 1789 Franz Joseph Carl Ambrosius von Este and Modena , 1792 Duke Franz IV.> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 2 (Archduke Franz) (1672/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 30 - 1769 Wurmser> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 8> Hussar Regiment No. 8 (1696/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 31 - 1769 Saint-Ignon> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 11 (La Tour) (1725/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 32 - 1769 Emmerich Esterhazy> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 3 (1702/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 33 - 1769 Ansbach> 1798 Cürassier Regiment No. 11 (Ansbach)> † 1802 (1702/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 34 - 1769 Ujazy> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 4 (1733/3)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 35 - 1769 Bethlen> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 10 (1741/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 36 - 1769 Török> † 1775 (1756/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 37 - 1769 Coburg> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 6 (1682/3)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 38 - 1769 Württemberg> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 8 (Württemberg) (1688/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 39 - 1769 Zweibrücken> 1798 Dragoon Regiment No. 7 (Waldeck) (1701/2)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 40 - (HI) - Carlstädter Grenzhusarenregiment> † 1780 (1746/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 41 - (H II) - Warasdiner Grenzhusarenregiment> † 1780 (1747/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 42 - (H III) - Banalisten Grenzhusarenregiment> † 1780 (1750/1)
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 43 - (H IV) - Slavonian Border Hussar Regiment> † 1780 (1747/2)

Tribe list 1798 and whereabouts 1806

Cuirassiers

  • Cürassier Regiment No. 1 from 1768/2 - 1798 Kaiser> 1806 Cürassier Regiment No. 1 (Kaiser)
  • Curassier Regiment No. 2 from 1672/2 - 1798 Archduke Franz> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 2
  • Cuirassier Regiment No. 3 from 1768/1 - 1798 Duke Albert> 1806 Cuirassier Regiment No. 3
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 4 from 1682/2 - 1798 Czartorsky> † 1802
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 5 from 1721/1 - 1798 Zesschwitz> † 1802
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 6 from 1683/1 - 1798 Hohenzollern> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 8
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 7 from 1663/1 - 1798 Lorraine> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 7
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 8 from 1798 -
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 9 from 1721/1 - 1798 Nassau> 1802 Cürassier Regiment No. 5 (Nassau)> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 5
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 10 from 1629/1 - 1798 Mack> 1802 Cürassier Regiment No. 6 (Mack)> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 6
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 11 from 1702/1 - 1798 Ansbach> † 1802
  • Cürassier Regiment No. 12 from 1672/1 - 1798 Kavanagh> 1802 Cürassier Regiment No. 4 (Crown Prince Ferdinand)> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 4

dragoon

  • Dragoon Regiment No. 1 from 1688/1 - 1798 Kaiser> Chevaulegers Regiment No. 1> 1806 Uhlan Regiment No. 6
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 2 from 1685/1 - 1798 Crown Prince> † 1802
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 3 from 1682/1 - 1798 Archduke Johann> 1802 Dragoon Regiment No. 1 (Archduke Johann)> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 9
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 4 from 1758/1 - 1798 Karaiczay> 1802 Chevaulegers Regiment No. 2 (Hohenzollern)> 1758 Uhlan Regiment No. 7
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 5 from 1710/1 - 1798 Modena> † 1802
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 6 from 1683/2 - 1798 Melas> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 6
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 7 from 1701/2 - 1798 Waldeck> 1802 Dragoon Regiment No. 7 (Hohenlohe)> 1806 Hussar Regiment No. 15
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 8 from 1688/2 - 1798 Württemberg> 1802 Dragoon Regiment No. 3 (Württemberg)> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 11
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 10 from 1718 to 1798 Lobkowitz> 1802 Chevauxlegers Regiment No. 3 (Lobkowitz)> 1806 Uhlan Regiment No. 8
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 11 from 1725/1 - 1798 La Tour> 1802 Chevauxlegersregiment No. 4> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 14
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 12 from 1631/16> 1798 Kinsky> 1802 Chevauxlegersregiment No. 5> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 10
  • Dragoon Regiment No. 15 from 1682/6 - 1798 Savoy> 1802 Dragoon Regiment No. 5 (Savoy)> 1806 Dragoon Regiment No. 13

Hussars

  • Hussar regiment No. 1 from 1756/1 - 1798 Kaiser> 1806 Hussar regiment No. 1
  • Hussar regiment No. 2 from 1742/1 - 1798 Archduke Johann> 1806 Hussar regiment No. 2
  • Hussar regiment No. 3 from 1702/2 - 1798 Archduke Ferdinand> 1806 Hussar regiment No. 3
  • Hussar regiment No. 4 from 1733/3 - 1798 Vecsey> 1803 Hussar regiment No. 4 (Hessen-Homburg)> 1806 Hussar regiment No. 4
  • Hussar Regiment No. 5 from 1798/4 - 1798 1st new Hussar Regiment> 1801 Ott> 1806 Hussar Regiment No. 5 (Ott)
  • Hussar Regiment No. 6 from 1734/1 - 1798 Blankenstein> 1806 Hussar Regiment No. 6
  • Hussar regiment no.7 from 1798/5 - 1798 2nd new hussar regiment> 1806 Hussar regiment no.7 (Liechtenstein)
  • Hussar regiment No. 8 from 1696/1 - 1798 Wurmser> 1806 Hussar regiment No. 8
  • Hussar Regiment No. 9 from 1688/4 - 1798 Erdödy> 1798 Hussar Regiment No. 9 (Erdödy)> Hussar Regiment No. 9
  • Hussar regiment No. 10 from 1741/1 - 1798 Meszaros> 1802 Hussar regiment No. 10 (Stipsiscz)> 1806 Hussar regiment No. 10
  • Hussar regiment no.11 from 1764/1 - 1798 Szekler (border hussars)> 1806 border hussar regiment no.11
  • Hussar Regiment No. 12 from 1794/1 - 1794 Croatian-Slavonian Border Freikorps - 1798 Croatian-Slavonian Border Hussar Regiment No. 12 - † 1801
  • Hussar Regiment No. 12 from 1800/1 Palatal Hussars - 1802 Palatal Hussar Regiment No. 12> 1806 Hussar Regiment No. 12

Short-term "reduced" regiments

See also

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The regiments of the Empress: Thoughts on the Albertina manuscript 1762 of the Army History Museum Vienna. In: Writings of the Army History Museum in Vienna. Volume 3: Maria Theresia - Contributions to the history of the army of her time; Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1967, pp. 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. online at google books
  • Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century. 3 volumes, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1986–1995, ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 .
  • Alphons von Wrede: The history of the kuk Wehrmacht. The regiments, corps, branches and establishments from 1618 to the end of the XIX. Century. Vienna 1898–1905, part III, 1st part cavalry, 2nd part disbanded troops on horseback.
  • 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).
  • Andreas von Thürheim. The cavalry regiments of the Austrian Army. Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ticino 1986
  2. ↑ Bleckwenn 1967
  3. ↑ cf. Meynert: 49
  4. ↑ http://www.30jaehrigerkrieg.de/espaigne-michael-d/
  5. ^ Adolf Schinzl:  Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, Christian Philipp Fürst zu . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 317 f.
  6. ^ Adolf Schinzl:  Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, Christian Philipp Fürst zu . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 317 f.
  7. ^ Karl Friedrich Hermann Albrecht:  Jörger von Tollet, Johann Franz Anton Graf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 528.
  8. ↑ Printed in: Meynert 1854: 50