1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry

Military unit thumb|A regiment of the 1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry. Dresden, 1906. The 1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry (Garde-Reiter-Regiment (1. Schweres Regiment)) was a heavy cavalry of the Royal Saxon Army. Established in 1680 as a cuirassier unit, the regiment fought in the Battle of Vienna (1683), the Nine Years' War, the War of the Spanish Succession, the Silesian Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War and World War I. The regiment was disbanded in 1919. See also List of Imperial German cavalry regiments References Schulz Hugo Die bayerischen, sächsischen, und württembergischen Kavallerie- Regimenter: 1913/1914; nach dem Gesetz vom 3. Juli 1913 Weltbild Augsburg 1992 3893503420 65–69 Category:Cavalry regiments of the Bavarian Army Category:Guards regiments of Germany Category:Regiments of the German Army in World War I Category:Military units and formations established in 1680 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919 Category:1680 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire