6th_Infantry_Regiment_“Saboya”
Infantry Regiment "Saboya" No. 6
Military unit
The Infantry Regiment "Saboya" No. 6 (Spanish: Regimiento de Infantería "Saboya" nº 6) is a infantry unit of the Spanish Army, whose origins date back to 1633.
On 30 March 1633, a new Tercio of Savoy was created by dividing the existing Tercio of Lombardy; based in Cremona, the new unit consisted of 11 companies with a total of 109 officers and 1,200 men and remained in Italy until the War of the Spanish Succession, when it was transferred to Spain following the 1706 Convention of Milan.[1] In 1707, by Royal Order of His Majesty Philip V of Spain, first Bourbon king of the Spanish Empire, it became a two battalion unit known as the Regiment of Savoy Nº 3.
Its first commander was Álvaro de Sande, first Marqués de la Piovera. The patron saint of the regiment was Our Lady of the Rosary.