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Papal Swiss Guards at The Vatican

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Swiss Guards were Swiss mercenary soldiers that served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards and palace guards at foreign European courts from the late 15th century on. They were separate from regular Swiss mercenary troops of the line, who fought for various European powers until the 19th century, but who were not generally called "Swiss Guards".

Various "Swiss Guards" have existed. The earliest such detachment were the Guard of the Hundred Swiss at the French court (1497 – 1830); they were complemented in 1567 by a Swiss Guard regiment. The Papal Swiss Guard in the Vatican was founded in 1506; it is the only Swiss Guard that still exists. In the 18th century several other Swiss Guards existed for brief times at many European courts.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard for more detail.

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