The following is taken from F. Redlich's The German Military Entrepreneur And His Workforce C13th - C17th, Wiesbaden 1964 and details two Bavarian regiments in 1646.
FOOT REGIMENT
- 480 Foot
314 Women and Children
74 Servants
3 Sutlers
HORSE REGIMENT
- 481 Troopers
236 Servants
102 Women and children
9 Sutlers
Between them the two units had 1,072 Horses for 961 fighting men. Of these 961 some 66% were veterans by this date.
The relative number of servants sheds some light on the social class of the Horse, unless grooms were counted as personal servants.
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