K.u.K. Husaren-Regiment Franz Salvator, Erzherzog, Oberst Nr. 15
C. and K. Hussar Regiment Archduke Franz Salvator, Colonel No. 15
The regiment was founded on 9 September 1701 as a dragoon regiment. It was founded by Kristian Arnold of Brandenburg for imperial service. Part of the regiment was recruited in Bohemia.
1760 - reorganisation into a skirmisher regiment
1763 - reorganisation into a dragoon regiment
1769 - assigned number 39
1798 - assigned the name of 7th Light Dragoon Regiment
1802 - assigned the name 2nd Dragoon Regiment
1873 - assigned the name 15th Hussar Regiment
Source:
Skala, H.: The Glorious Times of the Imperial Cavalry in the 17th-19th Centuries, Prešov 2005
C. and K. Hussar Regiment Archduke Franz Salvator, Colonel No. 15
The regiment was founded on 9 September 1701 as a dragoon regiment. It was founded by Kristian Arnold of Brandenburg for imperial service. Part of the regiment was recruited in Bohemia.
1760 - reorganisation into a skirmisher regiment
1763 - reorganisation into a dragoon regiment
1769 - assigned number 39
1798 - assigned the name of 7th Light Dragoon Regiment
1802 - assigned the name 2nd Dragoon Regiment
1873 - assigned the name 15th Hussar Regiment
Source:
Skala, H.: The Glorious Times of the Imperial Cavalry in the 17th-19th Centuries, Prešov 2005