List of the Electoral Palatinate Bavarian regiments of the early modern period
In 1777, the dual electorate of Palatinate-Bavaria was faced with the question of merging the regiments of the Bavarian and Palatinate regions into a single army. The present list of the regiments of the Electoral Palatinate of Bavaria from the early modern period represents the first official master list from 1790 and the list from 1804.
Explanation of the system
Until the introduction of the Stammliste in 1790, the regiments were only named after their regiment chiefs. In addition to the numbering given to new establishments after the dissolution of individual regiments, the year of foundation is added to the regiments below. This is intended to facilitate comparability. This numbering consistently follows the Ticino line-ups. If several regiments were founded in one year, Ticino added a second number (e.g. "1778/13" = thirteenth regiment that was set up in 1778). The former Bavarian regiments received a new addition (with reference to the Bavarian numbering). Former Palatinate regiments keep the numbering in this list. This is followed by the names of the regiment chiefs or the name (possibly name of the commander).
Meaning of the characters used: "*" = foundation, "†" = dissolution, "<" = origin, ">" = whereabouts, "=" = double function as a standing regiment of an imperial estate.
Tribe list 1790
Infantry regiments
Grenadiers
1st Grenadier Regiment from 1778/13
- * 1778 as Leibregiment-Infanterie - 1789 1st Grenadier-Regiment and Leib-Regiment Kurfürst - 1799 Leibregiment - 1804 1st Line Infantry Regiment Leibregiment
2nd Grenadier Regiment from 1778/6
- * 1778 as Pappenheim Infantry - 1790 2nd Grenadier Regiment Pappenheim - 1792 2nd Grenadier Regiment Zedwitz - 1799 2nd Grenadier Regiment Kurprinz - 1804 2nd Line Infantry Regiment Kurprinz
3rd Grenadier Regiment from 1790/1
- * 1790 as 3rd Grenadier Regiment Ysenburg † 1799
4th Grenadier Regiment from 1790/2
- * 1790 as 4th Grenadier Regiment Baaden † 1799
Fusiliers
1st Fusilier Regiment from 1746
- * 1746 as Prince Friedrich Infantry - 1751 Prince Karl - 1778 Zweibrücken - 1790 1st Fusilier Regiment Zweibrücken - 1795 1st Fusilier Regiment Duke Wilhelm - 1804 6th Line Infantry Regiment Duke Wilhelm
2nd Fusilier Regiment from 1698
- * 1698 as Guard Grenadiers - 1757 Guard on foot - 1767 Leib Infantry Regiment - 1790 2nd Fusilier Regiment Zweibrücken (Prince Max) - 1792 2nd Fusilier Regiment Herzog Max - 1804 3rd Line Infantry Regiment Herzog Karl
3rd Fusilier Regiment from 1755/2
- * 1755 as Preysing Fusiliers - 1762 Rodenhausen - 1790 3rd Fusilier Regiment Rodenhausen † 1799
4th Fusilier Regiment from 1685/4
- * 1685 as Avila on foot (<from Grafschaft Neuburg from 1676) - 1687 Lybeck - 1714 Freudenberg - 1714 Vehlen - 1723 Birkenfeld - 1739 Birkenfeld - 1741 Hillesheim - 1744 Montrey - 1750 Isselbach - 1763 Horst - 1769 Efferen - 1781 Lodron - 1784 Königsfeld - 1788 La Motte - 1790 4th Fusilier Regiment La Motte - 1798 4th Fusilier Regiment Dalwigk - 1801 4th Fusilier Regiment Kinkel - 1804 11th Line Infantry Regiment
5th Fusilier Regiment from 1778/7
- * 1778 as Elective Infantry < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.3 from 1706 - 1790 5th Fusilier Regiment Wahl - 1791 5th Fusilier Regiment Zedtwitz - 1792 5th Fusilier Regiment Weichs - 1804 10th Line Infantry Regiment Kurprinz
6th Fusilier Regiment of 1778/11
- * 1778 as Herald Infantry < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.6 from 1753/1 - 1781 Rambaldi - 1790 8th Fusilier Regiment Rambaldi - 1992 8th Fusilier Regiment Morawitzki - 1804 7th Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/10
7th Fusilier Regiment from 1691
- * 1691 as Wrtby on foot - 1701 Isselbach - 1714 Buchwitz - 1740 Marck - 1753 Birkenfeld - 1778 Johann Birkenfeld - 1780 Herold - 1784 Zedwitz - 1790 7th Fusilier Regiment Zedtwitz - 1791 7th Fusilier Regiment Wahl - 1799 7th Fusilier Zweibrücken Regiment - 7th Fusilier Regiment Zedwitz † 1799
8th Fusilier Regiment of 1778/10
- * 1778 as Holstein Infantry < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.5 from 1732 - 1781 Rambaldi - 1790 8th Fusilier Regiment Rambaldi - 1992 8th Fusilier Regiment Morawitzki - 1804 7th Line Infantry Regiment
9th Fusilier Regiment from 1778/8
- * 1778 as Daun Infantry < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.4 from 1722/2 - 1790 9th Fusilier Regiment Preysing - 1804 5th Line Infantry Regiment
10th Fusilier Regiment from 1685/5
- * 1685 as Bernau on foot (<from Grafschaft Neuburg from 1682) - 1688 Efferen - 1794 Bourscheidt - 1706 Bettendorf - 1712 Eberts - 1713 Norprath - 1727 Isselbach - 1734 Bourscheidt - 1741 Harskamp - 1755 Efferen - 1769 Jung-Hohenhausen - 1778 Joseph Hohenhausen - 1790 10th Fusilier Regiment Joseph Hohenhausen † 1799
11th Fusilier Regiment of 1778/5
- * 1778 as La Rosee Infantry < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.1 from 1682/5 - 1781 Preysing - 1790 11th Fusilier Regiment Weichs - 1792 11th Fusilier Regiment Juncker - 1804 10th Line Infantry Regiment
12th Fusilier Regiment of 1755/1
- * 1755 as Nassau-Weilburg Fusiliers - 1759 Fürstenberg - 1766 Hohenhausen - 1769 Alt-Hohenhausen - 1778 Leopold Hohenhausen - 1784 Weichs - 1788 Belderbusch - 1790 11th Fusilier Regiment Ysenburg - 1801 Rheinpfälzisches Battalion Ysenburg - 1804 9th Line Infantry Regiment from 1755/1
13th Fusilier Regiment from 1688
- * 1688 as Sultzbach on foot - 1690 Saxony-Meiningen - 1706 Saxony-Meiningen - 1715 Saxony-Meiningen - 1743 Saxony-Hildburghausen - 1745 Birkenfeld - 1753 East - 1767 East - 1788 Moritz Isenburg - 1790 13th Fusilier Regiment Isenburg † 1799
14th Fusilier Regiment from 1685/3
- * 1685 Kurprinzen-Leibregiment on foot (<von Grafschaft Neuburg from 1676) - 1690 Leibregiment (Aubach, 1707 Lecheraine) - 1714 Sulzbach - 1717 Sulzbach - 1735 Kuhla - 1739 Efferen - 1743 Cataneo - 1744 Copons - 1752 Baden - 1778 Campana - 1789 Nys - 1789 Kling - 1790 14th Fusilier Regiment Kinkel † 1798
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1st Feldjäger Regiment from 1778/9
- * 1778 as Piosasque Infantry < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.4 from 1722/2 - 1784 Schwichelt - 1798 1st Feldjäger Regiment Metzen - 1801 light infantry battalion Metzen - 1804 1st light infantry battalion
2nd Feldjäger Regiment of 1778/12
- * 1778 as Hegnenberg Infantry < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.7 from 1753/2 - 1787 La Motte - 1788 Königsfeld - 1789 Friedrich Wilhelm zu Isenburg and Büdingen - 1790 2nd Feldjäger Regiment Salern - 1801 1st and 2nd light battalion Salern - 1804 3rd Preysing Light Infantry Battalion
Cavalry regiments
Cuirassiers
1st Cuirassier Regiment of 1778/1
- * 1778 as Minucci cuirassiers (< Kurbayrisches Kürassierregiment K 1 from 1682/1 ) 1785 Minucci rider - 1790 1st Cuirassier Regiment Minucci - 1795 1st Cuirassier Regiment Zweibrücken - 1799 1st Cuirassier Regiment Minucci - 1804 1st Dragoons -Regiment
2nd Cuirassier Regiment from 1689
- * 1689 as Franckenberg on horseback - 1693 Nagel - 1696 Hochkirch - 1703 Hatzfeld - 1714 Foleville - 1730 Taxis - 1742 Elliot - 1748 Prince Karl - 1751 Prince Friedrich (1757/63 Kurpfalz cuirassiers) - 1767 Prince Max - 1784 Winkelhausen - 1790 2 Winkelhausen Cuirassier Regiment - 1792 2nd Cuirassier Regiment Zweibrücken - 1795 2nd Cuirassier Regiment Minucci - 1798 4th Chevauleger Regiment Hereditary Prince - 1799 1st Chevauleger Regiment Elector - 1804 2nd Chevauleger Regiment Elector
dragoon
- * 1687 as Kurprinz-Leibregiment-Dragoons (Vehlen) - 1690 Leibregiment-Dragoons (Vehlen) - 1716 Leibregiment Dragoons (until 1727 also Vehlen) - 1742 Hatzfeld - 1744 Electress-Leibregiment-Dragoons - 1778 Electress - 1790 1st Dragoons Regiment Electress - 1801 vacant 1st Dragoon Regiment † 1803
2nd Dragoon Regiment of 1778/2
- * 1778 as Taxis-Cuirassiers < Kurbayerisches Kürassierregiment K 2 from 1682/3 - 1785 Taxis-Reiter - 1792 2nd Dragoons Regiment Taxis - 1798 2nd Dragoons Regiment Taxis
Tribe list 1804
This list shows the regiments from 1802 to 1806.
Line infantry regiments
1st Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/13
2nd Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/6
3rd Line Infantry Regiment from 1698 = Kurpfalzbayerisches 2nd Fusilier Regiment from 1698
4th Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/7
5th Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/8
6th Line Infantry Regiment of 1746
7th Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/10 < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.5 from 1732
8th Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/11 < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.6 from 1753/1
9th Line Infantry Regiment of 1755/1
10th Line Infantry Regiment from 1778/5 < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.1 from 1682/5
11th Line Infantry Regiment from 1685/4> 1806 to the Grand Duchy of Berg
12th Line Infantry Regiment from 1803/2
13th Line Infantry Regiment from 1805
Light infantry battalions
1st Light Infantry Battalion from 1778/9 < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.4 from 1722/2
2nd Light Infantry Battalion from 1801/1
3rd Light Infantry Battalion from 1778/12 < Kurbayerisches Infanterieregiment No.7 from 1753/2
4th Light Infantry Battalion from 1804
5th Light Infantry Battalion from 1803/5
6th Light Infantry Battalion from 1803/6
Dragoon regiments
1st Dragoon Regiment from 1778/1 < Kurbayerisches Kürassierregiment K 1 from 1682/1
2nd Dragoon Regiment from 1778/2 < Kurbayerisches Kürassierregiment K 2 from 1682/3
Chevauleger regiments
1st Chevauleger Regiment from 1778/3 < Kurbayerisches Dragoon Regiment DI from 1724
2nd Chevauleger Regiment from 1689
3rd Chevauleger Regiment from 1778/4 < Kurbayerisches Dragoon Regiment D II from 1725
4th Chevauleger Regiment of 1803/1
See also
Web links
literature
- Oskar Bezzel: History of the Electoral Palatinate Army; in: History of the Bavarian Army, Vol. 4, 2 parts; Munich 1925/1928.
- Oskar Bezzel: History of the Electoral Palatinate Army; in: History of the Bavarian Army, Vol. 5; Munich 1930.
- 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 . Vol. 1, p. 262ff.