Regimiento Suizo de Reding n.º 3 | |
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Regimiento Suizo de Reding nº 3 (2008 re-enactment, Málaga)
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Active | 1742 - 1829 |
Country | Spain |
Allegiance | Crown of Spain |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Front-line |
Engagements | |
Disbanded | 1829 |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Theodor von Reding |
American Revolutionary War
War of the First Coalition
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 a colonel named Reding. It is therefore either referred to as the 2nd Regiment Reding or the 3rd Swiss Regiment.