8th Dragoon Regiment (France)
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For the 8th Dragoons in the British Army, see 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars.
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The 8th Dragoon Regiment (8e régiment de dragons or 8e RD) was a cavalry regiment in the French Army created under the Ancien Régime in 1674 by the Marquis of Heudicourt.