Formed in 1717 as Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Bayreuth Dragoner it was originally a dragoon regiment and was part of the Prussian order of battle until 1918.

The new formation was to be sponsored by Oberst Achaz von der Schulenburg and raised from recruits in the Duchies of Ansbach and Bayreuth.

It was not until 1730 that the regiment reached its full size, ten squadrons, a total of 62 officers, 120 NCOS, standard bearers, 30 drummers and 1,320 cavalry troopers.

The regiment wore the standard powder blue coat of the Prussian dragoons with crimson turnbacks and facings.

This attack caused the enemy to retreat and brought victory for the Prussian king, Frederick the Great.

During two cavalry attacks, the Bayreuth Dragoons failed to break through the enemy lines and suffered heavy losses including 14 officers, and three standards.

The Austrian commander, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, was holding against repeated Prussian infantry attacks.

In the fighting that followed, the Bayreuth Dragoons destroyed 20 Austrian and Saxon battalions, took 2,500 prisoners, and captured 67 regimental standards, losing only 6 officers and 28 men killed.

In the French Revolutionary Wars the regiment marched southwest in 1792 to fight in northern France in the Palatinate and Baden.

Its final name was awarded on 4 June 1860, Kürassier Regiment "Königin" (Pommersches) Nr.

After that followed engagements near Beaume la Rolande, Monnaie, Danzé and on 6 and 7 January 1871 at St. Amand and Villechauvre-Villeprocher.