"information on the Guarde de corp of Louis the XIII 1622" Topic
3 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please use the Complaint button (!) to report problems on the forums.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Renaissance Discussion Message Board
Areas of InterestRenaissance
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Top-Rated Ruleset
Featured Book Review
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
| LORDGHEE | 23 Oct 2009 3:10 a.m. PST |
Need information on the Household troops of Louis XIII, The King was the Captain and their was a Sous Captain so how many officers were there? did they have a company doctor?
In Paris did they only guarde the king or did they have other duties?
thanks Lord Ghee |
| SgtPerry | 23 Oct 2009 5:29 a.m. PST |
According to this bastion.free.fr/maison.htm in french The Household troops were divided in two types : *Guard of the inner Louvre (Garde du dedans du Louvre) with The Bodyguards (Gardes du corps),
The Hundred Swiss (Les cent-suisses),
The Door Guards (Gardes de la porte),
The Inner Police Guards (Gardes de la prévôté). *Guard of Outer Louvre (Garde du dehors du Louvre) The Men-at-Arms (Gendarmes),
The Light Horses (chevau-légers),
The Musketeers of the Guard (Mousquetaires de la Garde),
The Mounted Grenadiers (Grenadiers à cheval). |
| LORDGHEE | 23 Oct 2009 6:40 a.m. PST |
Great link good information and google translator did a good job on the site
Thanks
Lord Ghee
|
|
