Leib-Infanterie-Regiment

Duchy of Wuerttemberg 1756–1763

When Carl Eugen Duke of Wuerttemberg came into power in 1744, the Leib-Regiment was the only infantry regiment in the Duchy of Wuerttemberg. The Leib-Regiment became the cadre from which the other infantry regiments of the duchy were created.

Regimental staff consisted of 17 men: the commander, colonel, lieutenant-colonel, two majors, regimental quartermaster, auditor, adjudant, regimental surgeon, drum sergeant, battalion fifer, six hautboists, and one provost. The companies of the Leib-Regiment had a strength of 100 men each. There were six officers, nine sergeants, five tamborileros and fifers, and 80 men in the grenadier company, or three officers, nine sergeants, six privates, three tamborileros, and 79 men in each musketeer company.

Dueño

• Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg

Comandante

• Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg, 1756–1758
• Generalleutnant von Werneck, 1758–1763
• Oberst Christoph Friedrich von Gabelenz, 1763

Organización

• Regimentsstab (regimental staff)
  • 1. Grenadier-Kompanie
  • 2. Grenadier-Kompanie
  • 1. Kompanie (Leibkompanie)
  • 2. Kompanie
  • 3. Kompanie
  • 4. Kompanie
  • 5. Kompanie
  • 6. Kompanie
  • 7. Kompanie
  • 8. Kompanie
  • 9. Kompanie
  • 10. Kompanie
  • two 3-pfünder Bataillonsgeschütze (battalion guns)

Ilustración

• Knötel-Sieg: Handbuch der Uniformkunde, pp. 77-79
• Mollo, John: Uniforms of the Seven Years’ War, 1756-63, Plate 61
• Bilderlexikon der Uniformen von 1700 bis zur Gegenwart, Südwest Verlag
• Deutsche Uniformen im Zeitalter Friedrichs des Großen, Sturm Zigaretten, Dresden

Uniforme

• dark blue coat of Prussian cut, with white buttons
• carmine collar
• carmine lapels with 3 x 2 buttons and white lace,
  2 buttons with lace below right lapel and two laced buttonholes below left lapel
• carmine cuffs with 2 buttons and white lace
• red turnbacks
• dark blue shoulderstrap on left

• black stock
• yellow Kamisol with white buttons
• white trousers
• black gaiters with white buttons
• black tricornio hat with white border and black/yellow pompom
• mitras de granaderos prusianas with brass plate, red bag, white lace, and black/yellow pompom

Historia de Campañas

• Silesian Campaign, 1757
• Asedio de Schweidnitz, 1757
• Batalla de Breslau, 1757
• Batalla de Leuthen, 1757
• Hessian Campaigns, 1758–1759
• Combate de Lutterberg, 1758
• Combate de Lauterbach, 1758
• Silesian Campaign, 1760
• Asedio de Wittenberg, 1760

Tradición

• 3. Württembergisches Infanterie-Regiment Alt-Württemberg Nr. 121, 1902
  • 13. (1. Württembergisches) Infanterie-Regiment, 6. und 8. Kompanie, 1921
• 8. Württembergisches Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog Friedrich II. von Baden Nr. 126, 1902
  • 13. (1. Württembergisches) Infanterie-Regiment, 15. Kompanie, 1921

A Knötel illustration shows the regimental flag of Füsilier-Regiment von Württemberg which may serve as a guide to the infantry colours of the other Wuerttemberg regiments.

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– Publicado: 27.09.2005 – Actualizado: 16.07.2007
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