Saxon Maison du Roi, spring of 1701

Officer of Saxon Grenadiers a cheval
(unknown author)

I’ve already written that Patkul’s fund in RGADA contains a detailed account of Saxon army in spring of 1701 (link1, link2, link3, link4, link5). Now is a part about Saxon “Maison du Roi”. It was of 6 Corps in the beginning of 1701. 

Two of them were a palace guard in Dresden:

-        Garde Trabanten zu Ross, 27 men: lieutenant, corporal, 25 trabanten

-        Puis Trabanten of 63 men, incl. 48 trabanten.

The rest 4 mounted Corps were available for field service & participated in 1700-1701 campaigns on Duna. According to salaries the most prestigious were Grand-Mousquetaires, then Garde du Corps (Trabanten Garde zu Ross), Karabiniers & Grenadiers a cheval. Their strength & composition were the following:

Corps	Regimental staff	Coys	Company’s strength	Incl. privates	TOTAL
Grand Mousquetaires	15	3	59	48	192
Trabanten Garde zu Ross	11	12	57	50	731*
Grenadiers a cheval	11	3	60	50	191
Karabiniers	10	6	63	50	388
TOTAL		24			1502
An ordinary Saxon cuirassier regiment (staff in spring 1701)	10	12	64	50	778

* Garde du Corps consisted of 4 squadrons of 3 coys each. Each squadron’s staff was of additional 9 men: a Cornet, a Quartiermeister, a Feldscherer, 4 Trompeter, a Fahnen-Sattler & a Fahnen-Schmied

Karabiniers had the same salaries as an ordinary Saxon cuirassier regiment. See their monthly expenses & selected salaries:

Corps	Monthly expenses	Colonel’s salary	Captain’s salary	Private’s salary
Grand Mousquetaires	3 889	300	80	15
Trabanten Garde zu Ross	9 487	200	80	8
Grenadiers a cheval	1 809	150	50	6
Karabiniers	2 618	90	40	4,76
An ordinary Saxon cuirassier regiment	4 954	90	40	4,76