Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment

The Hessen-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment ("Kreis" is a military district) was created on 1 April 1697 in Gießen by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. Two companies were transferred from the Schrautenbach Regiment and it later received the 2nd Battalion of the 117th (3rd Grand Ducal) Hessian Infantry Regiment. The Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment wore white insignia. It was reduced in strength to five companies after the Peace of Ryswick but expanded to eight companies on 1 April 1702 because of the War of Spanish Succession.^[1]

• 1701-1714: Participation in the War of Spanish Succession^{[citation needed]}
• 1733-1735: Participation in the War of Polish Succession^{[citation needed]}
• 1747-1749: in Dutch service^{[citation needed]}
• 1756-1763: Participation in the Seven Years' War^{[citation needed]}
• 1790 incorporated as the 2nd Battalion of the regiment "Landgrave"^{[citation needed]}