Regiment of Principe

The Regiment of Principe, (in Spanish: Regimiento de Principe), was a regiment in the Spanish armed forces which was distinguished during the Peninsular Wars. They are most well known as they were part of Pedro Caro y Sureda, 3rd Marqúes de la Romana's corp in Denmark.

History
The Regimiento de Principe is one of Spain's oldest regiments, founded in 1537, it was the third infantry regiment in the Spanish Army. In 1807 a battalion was sent as part of the Marqúes de la Romana's: Division of the North. It also had a second battalion deployed in Portugal in 1807 as part of the Franco-Spanish Army occupying the country, however in 1808 it joined the fight against France. During the Napoleonic era it was considered as one of the best Spanish regiments and it distinguished it's self during the Spanish War of Independence despite the shortages of resources in the period of 1808-1814 it was often commented as performing very well.

Uniform
The Regimiento de Principe in 1795 (During the War of the Pyrenees) wore a white coatee with violet cuffs, facings, turnbacks, lapels, collar and piping and had pewter buttons. The grenadier companies wore the classic tall seal fur cap with a long embroidered bag down the back while fusiliers wore a bi-corn hat with a red cockade and gold cockade loop. This uniform stayed the same until 1815 when all of the Spanish Armies uniforms were yet again standardised after the Spanish War of Independence, and they were ordered to wear a blue coatee with violet facings, cuffs, collars, piping, turnbacks and lapels