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Mousquetaires de la Garde | |
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![]() Flag of the 1st Company of the Musketeers of the Guard, 1715. | |
Founded | 1622 |
Disbanded | 1816 |
Country | ![]() |
Part of | Maison militaire du roi de France |
Motto(s) | Latin: Quo ruit et lethum, English: Where the company rushes is into disaster |
The Musketeers of the military household of the King of France (Mousquetaires de la maison militaire du roi de France), also known as the Musketeers of the Guard (French: Mousquetaires de la garde) or King's Musketeers (Mousquetaires du roi), were an elite fighting company of the military branch of the Maison du Roi, the royal household of the French monarchy.