Scottish Guards (France)

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The Scottish Guards was a bodyguard unit founded in 1418 by the Valois Charles VII of France, to be personal bodyguards to the French monarchy. They were assimilated into the Maison du Roi and later formed the first company of the Garde du Corps du Roi.

Bodyguardsmen of Louis XVI

Charles VII of France depicted as a magus and surrounded by his Scottish guards (left)

Gardes Écossaises from the time of Louis XIII. They wear the uniforms worn between the reigns of Charles VIII and Louis XIV.

Standard of the "Scottish company", the 1st company of the royal Garde du Corps

Gardes du Corps du Roi (France)

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The Gardes du Corps du Roi was the senior formation of the King of France's household cavalry within the maison militaire du roi de France.

Standard of the 1st Company of the Gardes-du-Corps du Roi

Standard of the 2nd Company of the Gardes-du-Corps du Roi

Standard of the 3rd Company of the Gardes-du-Corps du Roi

Standard of the 4th Company of the Gardes-du-Corps du Roi