3rd Swiss Regiment Reding explained

Unit Name:Regimiento Suizo de Reding n.º 3
Type:Infantry
Branch: Army
Dates:1742 - 1829
Allegiance:Crown of Spain
Specialization:Front-line
Battles:American Revolutionary War
War of the First Coalition

Peninsular War

Notable Commanders:
Theodor von Reding
Disbanded:1829

The 3rd Swiss Regiment Reding was a unit of Swiss soldiers in the Spanish Army and one of several Swiss regiments serving the Spanish Crown in the 18th century. The regiment was founded by a royal proclamation of Philip V in 1742 and recruited from the Canton of Schwyz in central Switzerland.

It was the third Swiss regiment in service at the time (out of about a dozen or so Swiss Regiments historically) and was the second raising of a regiment under Theodor von Reding. It is therefore either referred to as the 2nd Regiment Reding or the 3rd Swiss Regiment.

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Notes and References

  1. Foy, p. 335