Editing Dragoon (section)

=== Spain ===
During the 18th century, Spain raised several regiments of dragoons to protect the northern provinces and borders of [[New Spain]], the present-day states of California, [[Nevada]], [[Colorado]], [[Texas]], [[Kansas]], [[Arizona]], [[Montana]], [[North Dakota]], and [[South Dakota]].{{Sfn|Torres|Láinez|2008|p=?}} In mainland Spain, dragoons were reclassified as light cavalry from 1803 but remained among the elite units of the [[Military of New Spain|Spanish Colonial Army]]. A number of dragoon officers played a leading role in initiating the [[Mexican War of Independence]] in 1810, including [[Ignacio Allende]], [[Juan Aldama]] and [[Agustin de Iturbide]], who briefly served as Emperor of México from 1822 to 1823.

[[File:Officier de dragons Mexique 1826.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|{{center|Picture depicting a Mexican dragoon officer in 1826 }}]]