Demi-lancer
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The demi-lancer or demilancer was a type of heavy cavalryman in Western Europe during the 16th and early 17th centuries.
1548 portrait of Emperor Charles V as a demi-lancer by Titian; his lance is of a lighter type than was typical.
c. 1600–1615 painting of a dragoon, demi-lancer and cuirassier by Sebastiaan Vrancx
1498 illustration of a German demi-lancer by Albrecht Dürer
Harquebusier
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The harquebusier was the most common form of cavalry found throughout Western Europe during the early to mid-17th century. Early harquebusiers were characterised by the use of a type of carbine called
Harquebusier, carbine-armed cavalry, 17th century
Gustavus Adolphus (centre) leading a mixed-cavalry charge, c. 1632. Painting by Jan Martszen de Jonge, 1634
Snaphaunce carbine, c. 1660s
English-made very high quality harquebusier armour of Pedro II of Portugal: an engraved cuirass, bridle-hand gauntlet, buff coat, and 3-barred lobster tailed pot helmet