page_title: 6th Infantry Regiment “Saboya”
hierarchical_section_title: 6th Infantry Regiment “Saboya”
context_page_description: The 6th Mechanized Infantry Regiment “Saboya” is a mechanized infantry unit in the Spanish Army.
  It was created as the Tercio of Savoy by Charles I on 1537, and was developed from the former Tercio of Lombardía. In 1707, by Royal Order of His Majesty Philip V of Spain, first king of the House of Bourbon in Spain, changed its name to Regiment of Savoy Nº 3. With its new name it participated in the War of the Spanish Succession with 2 battalions.
  Its first commander was Álvaro de Sande, first Marqués de la Piovera. The patron saint of the regiment was Our Lady of the Rosary.
context_section_description: The 6th Mechanized Infantry Regiment “Saboya”  (Spanish: Regimiento de Infantería Mecanizada "Saboya" nº 6) is a mechanized infantry unit in the Spanish Army.
  It was created as the Tercio of Savoy by Charles I on 1537, and was developed from the former Tercio of Lombardía. In 1707, by Royal Order of His Majesty Philip V of Spain, first king of the House of Bourbon in Spain, changed its name to Regiment of Savoy Nº 3. With its new name it participated in the War of the Spanish Succession with 2 battalions.
  Its first commander was Álvaro de Sande, first Marqués de la Piovera. The patron saint of the regiment was Our Lady of the Rosary.
caption: Coat of Arms of the Regiment Saboya