Reggimento Dragoni Ferdinand Principe de Ligne

Esercito Austriaco della Guerra dei Sette Anni, 1756–1763

In 1725, Dragoner-Regiment Mérode-Westerloo was formed from remnants of the Netherlands national reggimenti di cavalleria Westerloo, de Ligne, e Holstein-Norburg, e taken into imperial service. Following the death of its Inhaber, Feldmarschall Graf von Mérode, Marquis von Westerloo, in 1732, the reggimento was given to Feldmarschall-Leutnant Ferdinand Fürst de Ligne.

In 1757, Dragoner-Regiment de Ligne distinguished itself by a valiant charge, turning the Battle of Kolin from near defeat to victory. Prior to battle, the many young ed inexperienced recruits who made up the reggimento had been ridiculed for their lack of mustaches. In commemoration of its glorious victory, Empress Marie Therese granted the reggimento special permission to not wear mustaches henceforth, contrary to common practise in imperial reggimenti di cavalleria. In 1758, the reggimento was given to Christian Philipp Fürst Löwenstein- Wertheim, who established a new reggimento cavalleggeri di Jung-Löwenstein as a component of his dragoni reggimento by decree dated 1 febbraio 1758. Fürst Löwenstein gave up his dragoni reggimento to Feldmarschall-Leutnant Joseph Graf Saint-Ignon in 1759. In 1760 Dragoner-Regiment Saint-Ignon was converted to a reggimento cavalleggeri as well.

Proprietario

• FML, later FM Ferdinand Prinz de Ligne, 1732–1757
• FML Benedict Graf Daun, 1757–1758
• FML, later G.d.C. Christian Philipp Fürst Löwenstein-Wertheim, 1758–1759
• GM, later FML Joseph Graf Saint-Ignon, 1759–1779

Colonnello

• Oberst Theodor Lefèvre, 1751–1757
• Oberst Franz Graf Thiennes, 1757–1758
• Oberst Carl Chevalier de la Marlier Thoricout, 1758
• Oberst Carl Alexander Freiherr von Bietagh, 1760–1768

Uniforme

• green coat con yellow buttons
• red lapels con seven buttons e buttonholes left e right
• red cuffs con tre buttons
• red turnbacks
• red shoulder-strap left
• red aiguillette right

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

• red saddlecloth con yellow border, e black e white rhombical design
• black pistol holsters, con red holster covers e border design as above
• round red mantlesack con border design as above
• black leather testiera

Storia delle Campagne

• Battaglia di Kolin, 1757
• Battaglia di Leuthen, 1757
• Battaglia di Hochkirch, 1758
• Combattimento di Zurlau, 1759
• Combattimento di Maxen, 1759
• Battaglia di Torgau, 1760
• Combattimento di Hartmannsdorf (detachment), 1761
• Combattimento di Adelsbach (detachment), 1762
• Combattimento di Dittmannsdorf (detachment), 1762
• Combattimento di Peilau (detachment), 1762

Dragoner-Regiment Saint-Ignon was distinguished from its 1759 sister reggimento, il reggimento cavalleggeri di Löwenstein, by its yellow buttons.

Domande più frequenti

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Dragoni Austriaci della Guerra dei Sette Anni

– Pubblicato: 11.04.2006 – Aggiornato: 12.06.2007
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