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The regiment was a cavalry unit raised in the 17th century for the Imperial Habsburg Army. Over the course of time, this unit became the 8th Bohemian Dragoons (Count Montecuccoli's) (''Böhmischen Dragoner-Regiment „Graf Montecuccoli“ Nr. 8'') within the "Common Army" that formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Army. From 1888 the unit was to bear this new title "in perpetuity".〔From 1798 to 1801, what later became the 11th Regiment of Dragoons and, to 1860, the subsequently disbanded Hereditary Grand Duke of Toscana's Dragoons bore the designation 8th Regiment of Dragoons (''Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 8'').〕 In 1769 the regiment was placed in the order of precedence as the 4th Cavalry Regiment (''Cavallerie-Regiment Nr. 4'') and in 1798 it became the 6th Cuirassier Regiment (''Cürassier-Regiment Nr. 6''). By way of classification the unit was also subsequently given the following numbers: 1683/1 (by Tessin),〔Tessin 1986 Bd.1: 40〕 Kürassierregiment K 2 (by Bleckwenn).〔Bleckwenn〕 Until 1798 the regiment was named after its various ''Inhabers'' or colonels of the regiment, who were not necessarily its commanders. There was no authoritative naming system (e.g. ''Regiment Graf Serbelloni'' or ''Regiment Serbelloni''). Regiments changed their names with each change of colonel. After 1798, the number of the unit took precedence, but could in certain circumstances be combined with the name of the regimental colonel. Because of this constant renaming of units, the regimental histories of Austro-Hungarian cavalry are very difficult to trace. In addition, there was a constant, and apparently arbitrary, sometimes repeated, redesignation of units (e.g. the 14th Regiment of Bohemian Dragoons (Prince of Windisch-Gratz, ''Böhmisches Dragoner-Regiment „Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz“ Nr. 14''). == History == The 8th Bohemian Dragoons is the oldest, regular regiment of horse in the Imperial-Royal, later Imperial and Royal (''k. k. and k.u.k.''), Cavalry. According to the tradition decree (''Traditionserlass'') of the 19th century it existed for a total of 299 years. Other historic records consider the regiment's history to begin with its reformation in 1683, because the unit had been first disbanded in 1679. In 1619, the Lower Austrian Protestant estates tried to obtain concessions from Emperor Ferdinand II at Hofburg Palace through the so-called storm petition (''Sturmpetition''). On that occasion, three squadrons (''Fähnlein'') of Dampierre's Regiment of Arquebusiers stationed in Krems and a squadron of "Dampierre's Regiment of Cuirassiers" under the commander of the arsenal, Colonel Gilbert of St. Hilaire, deployed to Vienna. Embarked on boats (so-called ''Tschaiken'') on the River Danube, they arrived on 5 June 1619 at Vienna, entered the ''Residenz'' through the Fishermen's Gate (''Fischertor'') and intimidated the Protestants into abandoning their undertaking. For this action, Emperor Ferdinand II bestowed on the regiment the following privileges, which were confirmed by Emperor Francis I during the secular celebrations of 1810: :'' The regiment may march when on duty to the sound of trumpets and with standards flying through the Imperial and Royal Hofburg Palace and the Imperial capital and ''Residenz'' city of Vienna, and may also set up on the imperial palace forecourt (the ''Franzensplatze'') and recruit there for three days. The guard is then to be drawn from the regiment in front of the apartment granted ''pro forma'' to the regimental commander in the Hofburg Palace, to where the regimental standards are to be brought, and the respective regimental commander is permitted on such an occasion to appear, unannounced, in full dress before His Majesty the Emperor. ''The regiment also has the assurance that it will ''never be disbanded or reduced'', as long as it continues to maintain its current glory, and finally the distinction that no man of the regiment, for a crime punishable by death, shall be executed for the same, but in such cases the culprit will be transferred to another regiment where such penalty may be carried out at any time.'' In 1619, under the Imperial Commission of 16 March, 500 men were recruited by Grand Duke Cosmos II of Medici at his own expense (300 men as arquebusiers in the Netherlands and 200 men as cuirassiers in the imperial dominions). In 1621, this regiment was in imperial service under the name of the "Florentine Horse" (''Florentinische Reiter''). ''Generalfeldwachtmeister'' Dampierre, who had already been the proprietary colonel (''Inhaber'') and commander of a musketeer regiment since 1616, was appointed colonel of this new regiment. * In 1683, five companies of Mercy's Regiment (''Regiments Mercy'') were handed over to form the cadre for training a new regiment for Colonel (''Obrist'') Dupigny. The unit was expanded to 10 companies through recruitment and continued the tradition of Bournenville's Regiment (''Regiments Bournenville'') and the old Dampierre's Cavalry * In 1721, the Regiment took over a company of the disbanded Battée's Dragoons (''Dragoner-Regiments Battée'') * In 1731, elements of the Auction companies, formed in 1727, were transferred to Pignatelli's and Kokorowa's Regiments (''Regimenter Pignatelli'' und ''Kokorowa'') (both disbanded in 1734) * In 1768, the carabinier company was transferred to the recently formed 1st Regiment of Carabiniers (later 3rd Dragoons) and a squadron of the disbanded Modena's Cuirassiers (''Kürassier-Regiment Modena'') joined the Regiment * In 1769 the Regiment was ranked as the 4th Cavalry in the order of precedence. * In 1775 the Colonel's Division, then the Lieutenant Colonel's 1st Squadron of the disbanded ''Jacquemin'' Cuirassiers was added * In 1780 Graf Friedrich Anton zu Hohenzollern-Hechingen became the Proprietor (Inhaber) (''Kürassier-Regiment Hohenzollern-Hechingen'') * In 1798 the name was changed to the 8th Regiment of Cuirassiers * In 1802, it took over the Lieutenant Colonel's Division of the disbanded Czartoryski's 4th Regiment (''Kürassier-Regiment Czartoryski'') * In 1867, it was given the new name of 8th Dragoons 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「8th Bohemian Dragoons (Count Montecuccoli's)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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