Regimiento de Dragones Duque de Wurtemberg

Austria, 1756–1763

By decree dated 20 Diciembre 1688, GFWM Donat Johann Graf Heissler von Heitersheim raised a dragoon regiment in Bohemia at his own expense. Graf Heissler von Heitersheim owned the regiment until 1692. From 1740 to 1798, the regiment was owned by the current Herzog or Erbprinz von Württemberg.

In Enero 1760, the dragoon regiment was converted to a Chevauleger-Regiment, but re-converted to a dragoon regiment at the end of the same year. During the Seven Years’ War the regiment fought at the Battles of Kolin, Breslau, Leuthen, Kunersdorf, Landeshut, and Liegnitz.

Dueño

• Oberst Carl Eugen Herzog von Württemberg, 1740–1793

Comandante

• Oberst Ludwig Freiherr von Bretlach, 1743–1757
• Oberst Joseph Graf Saint-Ignon, 1757–1758
• Oberst Johann Graf Pachta, 1758–1762
• Oberst Joseph Graf Kinsky, 1762–1764

Uniforme

• red coat with yellow buttons
• black lapels with seven buttons and buttonholes left and right
• black cuffs with three buttons
• black turnbacks
• red shoulder-strap left
• black aiguillette right

• black stock
• light straw vest with 2 x 7 yellow buttons
• light straw-coloured breeches
• black gaiters with yellow buttons for dismounted service
• white boot cuffs and tall black riding boots for mounted service
• black tricornio with yellow border, and black cockade with yellow button

• red saddlecloth with yellow border, and black and white rhombical design
• black pistol holsters, with red holster covers and border design as above
• round red mantlesack with border design as above
• black leather brida

Historia de Campañas

• Batalla de Kolin, 1757
• Batalla de Breslau (4 Kompanien), 1757
• Batalla de Leuthen (4 Kompanien), 1757
• Combate de Predlitz, 1758
• Combate de Wisternitz, 1758
• Combate de Holitz, 1758
• Emboscada de Domstadtl (detachment), 1758
• Batalla de Kunersdorf, 1759
• Batalla de Landeshut (Grenadier-Kompanie), 1760
• Batalla de Liegnitz (Grenadier-Kompanie), 1760
• Combate de Niedermülsen, Sachsen, (detachment), 1760
• Asedio de Schweidnitz, 1761
• Combate de Leutmannsdorf, 1762
• Defensa de Schweidnitz (Grenadier-Kompanie), 1762

Dragoner-Regiment Württemberg was distinguished from Dragoner-Regiment Savoyen by its light straw-coloured vest.

Bibliografía

• Knötel-Sieg: Handbuch der Uniformkunde, p. 275
• Mollo, John: Uniforms of the Seven Years’ War, 1756-63, Plate 48

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