First raised 1688 as a regiment of carabiniers 6 companies strong. In 1701 3 extra companies and a company of Horse Grenadiers were added to the regiment.
Colonels: Frederik Adolf, Graaf von der Lippe (regiment known as Lippe-Holland) 1689; 1695 Arnold Joost, Baron van Keppel, Heer van Voorst, Baron Ashford, Viscount Bury St Edmunds, Earl of Albemarle
Notable actions:
1689 Siege of Kaiserswerth (2 squadrons strong); siege of Bonn (same strength)
1690 Battle of Fleurus: 329 officers and men strong with 44 killed and missing in action, 35 wounded and 75 prisoners
1693 Battle of Neerwinden-Landen (2 squadrons strong)
1706 Battle of Ramillies (4 squadrons strong); siege of Ostend (the same)
1708 Battle of Oudenarde (4 squadrons strong)
1709 Battle of Malplaquet (4 squadrons strong)
1711 Battle of Arleux (4 squadrons strong)
1712 Battle of Denain (4 squadrons strong)
And this was the uniform in the 1690s and probably later:
