Life guard (military)

Since the 15th century, has been the designation for the military security guards who protected (royals and nobles) – usually members of the highest nobility who ruled over states of the Holy Roman Empire and later its former territory – from danger. The should not be mixed up with bodyguard (), which may refer also to a single private individual. == France ==

In the Kingdom of France, the Garde du Corps was established (with reference to the '''') in 1440. It was abolished after the French Revolution, re-established in 1815 after the Bourbon Restoration, and finally dissolved in 1830 after the July Revolution. In addition, Napoleon III set up the Cent-gardes for his own protection. ==List of life guard units==

• Germany: • Kingdom of Bavaria: Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment – part of the Bavarian Army • Kingdom of Prussia: Prussian Life Guards – part of the Guards Corps of the Prussian Army • Nazi Germany: 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" – incorporated into the Waffen-SS during World War 2 • Kingdom of France: French Life Guards – part of the Maison Militaire du Roi de France of the French Royal Army • Imperial Russia: Imperial Guard (Leibgarde) – regiments of life guards that evolved into many elite combat units in the Imperial Russian Army • United Kingdom: Life Guards – part of the British Army • Sweden: Life Guards – part of the Swedish Army • Denmark: Royal Life Guards – part of the Danish Army • United States: Washington's Life Guard – part of the Continental Army • Ottoman Empire: Kapıkulu – which included the Janissarys == See also ==