page_title: 8th Bohemian Dragoons (Count Montecuccoli's)
section_title: Colonels of the Regiment
hierarchical_section_title: 8th Bohemian Dragoons (Count Montecuccoli's) / Colonels of the Regiment
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Österreichisches Kürassier-Regiment „Erzherzog Maximilian“ (Aus: L.&amp; F. Funcken - „L'Uniforme et les Armes des soldats de la guerre en dentelle II“) Castermann (Tournai 1976)
context_page_description: 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) within the "Common Army" that formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Army. From 1888 the unit was to bear this new title "in perpetuity".
  In 1769 the regiment was placed in the order of precedence as the 4th Cavalry Regiment and in 1798 it became the 6th Cuirassier Regiment.
  By way of classification the unit was also subsequently given the following numbers: 1683/1, Kürassierregiment K 2.
  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. 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
context_section_description: 1619 Colonel (Obrist) Heinrich Duval, Count Dampiere, Colonel General (Obristwachtmeister) over all mounted soldiers (Dampierre's Arquebusier Regiment)
  1620 Jacob, Count of Dampierre, Lord of Mondroville
  1683 Colonel Bernhard Freiherr von Coneberg et Dupigny (Coneburg's Cuirassiers)
  1683 Colonel Johann Franz, Lord of Chauviray (Chauviray's Cuirassiers)
  1685 Feldmarschallleutnant Adam Bernhard Freiherr von Saint-Croix (Saint Croix's Cuirassiers)
  1698 Colonel Joseph Innocence, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (Lorraine and Bar's Cuirassiers)
  1705 Colonel Ferdinand, Count Breuner (Count Breuner's Cuirassiers)
  1710 Colonel Thomas Emanuel, Prince of Savoy (Savoy's Cuirassiers )
  1730 Colonel Eugene John, Prince of Savoy (Young Savoy's)
  1735 Feldmarschalleutnant Franz Rudolf, Count of Hohenems (Hohenembs) (Count Hohenems' Cuirassiers)
  1756 Colonel Archduke Ferdinand (Archduke Ferdinand's Cuirassiers)
  1761 Colonel Archduke Maxmilian (Archduke Maximilian's Cuirassiers )
  1780 Generalmajor Friedrich Anton Fürst Hohenzollern-Hechingen (Hohenzollern-Hechingen's Cuirassiers)
  1798 Name changed to 8th Cuirassiers
  1813 Constantine Pavlovich, Grand Duke of Russia
  1831 Feldmarschalleutnant Ignaz Count Hardegg
  1848 Feldmarschalleutnant Carl Count Auersperg
  1848 Carl, Prince of Prussia
  1883-99 General of Cavalry Leopold, Count Sternberg
caption: As Grand Duke Maximilian's Regiment of Cuirassiers, 1761-1780
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