Infantry Regiment "Saboya" No. 6

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.

Infantry Regiment "Saboya" No. 6
Regimiento de Infantería Mecanizada "Saboya" nº 6
Coat of Arms of the Regiment Saboya
Active	1537–present
Country	Spain
Branch	Spanish Army
Type	Mechanized infantry
Role	Front-line
Size	2 battalions
Garrison/HQ	Bótoa, Badajoz
Nickname(s)	The terror of the French
Engagements	Battle of Saint-Quentin Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Defence of Pavia; Battle of Fortana-Santa Nine Years War Staffarda; Marsaglia War of the Spanish Succession Luzzara; Castiglione; Villaviciosa Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–77) War of the Oranges Peninsular War Tudela; First Zaragoza; Alcaniz; Third Gerona Mexican War of Independence First Carlist War Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60) Third Carlist War Cuban War of Independence Second Melillan campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	Álvaro de Sande Diego Pastor Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú Pedro de Acuña y Meneses, Marqués de Assentar

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.