Monday, 18 May 2026

Standard of Dutch Cavalry Regiment Waldeck 1690

First raised 1635 (Mugnai says 1625)

Details from Hall, etc.

Colonel 1667-1693 George Frederik, Graaf van Waldeck-Pyrmont en Culemborg  Born: 8/2/1620. Field Marshal. Died: 19/11/1692




Standard captured Fleurus 1690 where the regiment was badly mauled and depicted in the Triomphes Louis XIV along with another standard which I shall depict later. A later standard of totally different design was also depicted in the Triomphes and I shall also depict that one eventually. The regiment was also at Blenheim 1704 and Malplaquet 1709

Earlier Service:

1688 Landed at Torbay with a strength of 4 companies totalling 208 men
1689 Battle of Walcourt 3 squadrons strong
1690 Battle of Fleurus 496 officers and men strong; losses 181 killed and missing in action, 37 wounded in action and 46 prisoners of war

And the uniform was like this in the 1690s: