Swiss Guards (redirect from Gardes Suisses (France))
Swiss Guards (French: Gardes Suisses [ɡaʁd sɥis]; German: Schweizergarde [ˈʃvaɪ̯tsɐˌɡaʁdə] ; Italian: Guardie Svizzere [ˈɡwardje ˈzvittsere]) are Swiss...
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Delley. I. Les colonels généraux des suisses et grisons. II. Les Cent-Suisses de la garde du Roi (1481-1792) devenus gardes à pied ordinaires du corps du Roi...
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guarding the exterior of the Palace of Versailles with the Gardes Suisses. In addition, the French Guards had responsibility for maintaining public order...
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been dissolved on 1 January 1776. The Garde du Corps (Body Guard), the Gardes françaises and the Gardes suisses remained in service. The first was retained...
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General of the Hussards Colonel General of the Cent-Suisses and Grisons Colonel General of the Gardes Françaises Judging the position of Colonel General...
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General of the Hussards, Colonel General of the Cent-Suisses & Grisons and Colonel General of the Gardes Françaises. Lieutenant-General of the Realm, a governor...
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(within the royal residences, the king's guard was the Garde du corps and the Gardes suisses). The Musketeers of the Guard wore an early type of military...
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France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in...
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Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras (category People executed by France by hanging)
of the Seven Years' War. In 1772 he became a first lieutenant in the Gardes Suisses of King Louis XVI's younger brother, the Count of Provence. Unable to...
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Charles-Axel Guillaumot (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
Guards: Rueil-Malmaison, what is now Guynemer, part of the Musée des Gardes suisses. the former caserne Charras in Courbevoie, inscribed as a 'Monument...
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Constitutional Guard (redirect from Garde constitutionnelle du Roi)
service records and selected volunteers. Members of the former Régiment des Gardes Françaises (which had mutinied immediately before the storming of the Bastille)...
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Franz Josef von Hallwyl (category Counts of France)
and a French count. In 1733 Hallwyl became a cadet in the French regiment of horse, Royal Piemont; promoted to ensign in the Gardes Suisses 1740 he...
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Liechtenstein (Les plus beaux villages de Suisse). The idea of an association to gather the most beautiful villages of France was born in Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze...
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total men power of all the French Armed Forces combined is 435,000 strong. A 2015 Credit Suisse report ranked the French Armed Forces as the world's...
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Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (category 17th-century peers of France)
(légitimé de France) 20 December 1673; Duc du Maine (1673) and made colonel général des Suisses et Grisons 1674; Captain of the Gardes Suisses 3 February...
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French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le...
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Maison du Roi (redirect from Gardes de la maison du roi)
de France) the first Almoner of France, who aids the Grand Almoner Military household: Captain of the bodyguard Captain-colonel of the Cent-Suisses Colonel...
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Swiss Guard (category Articles containing French-language text)
Guardia Svizzera Pontificia; German: Päpstliche Schweizergarde; French: Garde suisse pontificale; Romansh: Guardia svizra papala | "Corpo della Guardia...
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Napoleon III (redirect from Napoleon III of france)
April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was...
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Battle of Marignano (category Battles involving France)
mercenary regiments a regular part of the French armed forces (see Gardes Suisses). This arrangement also outlasted three centuries, with four Swiss regiments...
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Michel Corrette (category French Baroque composers)
des Amusemens du Parnasse, contenant la Marche des Gardes Françaises et celle des Gardes Suisses, avec des Ariettes choisies accommodées pour le clavecin...
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Women's March on Versailles (category Political riots in France)
of the palace at Versailles were the aristocratic Garde du Corps (body guard) and the Cent-Suisses (hundred Swiss). Both were primarily ceremonial units...
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Normandy (redirect from Normandy, France)
historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands). It covers 30...
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Hôtel de Besenval (section House of Besenval: A Swiss family, well connected – the French and the Polish connections)
1792 – Les Tuileries : L'été tragique des relations franco-suisses, Collection Le savoir suisse – La série « Grandes Dates », presse polytechniques et universitaires...
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Swiss Guard Band (category Articles containing French-language text)
della Guardia Svizzera; German: Musik der Schweizergarde; French: Musique de la garde suisse) also known as the Guard-Internal Banda is a military band...
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Nicolas Trembley (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Centre culturel suisse. On Tour". ccsparis.com (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2023. "John Armeleder / Jacques Garcia | Centre culturel suisse. On Tour". ccsparis...
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Infantry of the Colonies, and the Foreign Regiments. Gardes Françaises (6 Battalions) Gardes Suisses (4 Battalions) Régiment de Colonel Général Régiment...
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Battle of Valenciennes (1656) (category Battles involving France)
from 9,000 to 9,500 infantry soldiers from the French regiments of Gardes Françaises, Gardes Suisses, Bussy-Rabutin, Vervins, Dumbarton, Vandy, La Couronne...
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Journey to the End of the Night (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
2021. Henry, Philippe: "Gardes suisses", in: Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS), 29.06.2007: "Swiss Guards" (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2021...
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Libertango (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Libertango lyrics belongs to the Argentinian singer, lyricist and composer Lilí Gardés, who describes the loneliness of city life. This version was approved by...
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