Graf Bretlach wrote:
I would also add that there is some variation on the Nassau regiments, however the two I identified were in Ireland 1690/91 and the General was Graf Frederick of Nassau-Zuylenstein so I'm reasonably happy I have them right, if anyone has other ideas please say and why.
Just to add about the Nassaus. This was a pretty extensive clan:
The regiment of horse was commanded by Willem Frederik van Nassau-Zuylestein, who would become the 1st Earl of Rochford later.
His son, the 2nd Earl, was killed at Almenara in 1710. Related to this family is the Nassau-Ouwerkerk family.
The regiment of foot was commanded by Walrad, graaf van Nassau-Saarbrucken (Ottweiler). He would assume the colonelcy of the Dutch Garde te Voet in 1701. This is a tricky family, as the original Nassau-Saarbrucken was divided amongst three sons in the mid 1600s: one got Saarbrucken, the second got Ottweiler, and the third Usingen. Members of these new branches appear somehow as colonel at some point in history, under any possible combination of names ...
The Nassau to rule all Nassaus was of course Willem Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau
cheers,
Wienand