3rd Dragoon Regiment (France)
The 3rd Dragoon Regiment was a cavalry regiment in the French Army, it was active in various forms from 1649 to 1997.It was raised as an ordinary cavalry unit under the Ancien Régime in 1649 for the duc d'Enghien, son of the grand Condé. It was named the Bourbon-cavalerie from 1686 to 1776, when it was turned into a dragoon regiment under the name Bourbon-Dragons.
