Leibtruppen
gardes du corps

The colonel of a Landsknecht regiment had a staff which supported him in the administration of his command duties, et protected the commanding officer from his cocky subordinates. The latter assignment fell to the Trabanten (Leibtrabanten), literally satellites, of the staff, who eventually formed the regimental gardes du corps, personally commanded (in the 16th et 17th century) by the colonel et proprietor of the regiment. This prestigious position was eventually bestowed on princely persons, et the sovereign himself became the commandant of such gardes du corps formations called Leibkompanie, Leibbatterie, Leibeskadron, Leibbataillon, et Leibregiment en allemand.

Plusieurs unités de l’armée allemande held the title of gardes du corps:

• 1r Compagnie, 1re Régiment Garde à Pie (Leibkompanie)
• 1. Eskadron Regiment Garde du Corps (Leibeskadron)
• 1. fahrende Batterie Gardefeldartillerie-Régiment (Leibbatterie)
• 1. Kompanie Regiment Nr. 115 (Leibkompanie)
• 1. Kompanie Regiment Nr. 116 (Leibkompanie)
• 1. Kompanie Regiment Nr. 117 (Leibkompanie)
• 1. Eskadron Dragonerregiment Nr. 23 (Leibeskadron)
• 1. Eskadron Dragonerregiment Nr. 24 (Leibeskadron)
• III. Bataillon Regiment Nr. 92 (Leibbataillon)
• III. Bataillon Regiment Nr. 118 (Leibbataillon)
• Grenadierregiment Nr. 8 (Leibregiment) Prussien
• Grenadierregiment Nr. 100 (Leibregiment) Saxon
• Grenadierregiment Nr. 109 (Leibregiment) Badenois
• Infanterieregiment Nr. 115 Hessois (Leibregiment)
• Leibinfanterieregiment (Leibregiment) Bavarois
• Leibgardehusarenregiment (Leibregiment)
• Kürassierregiment Nr. 1 (Leibregiment) Prussien
• Kürassierregiment Nr. 2 (Leibregiment) Prussien
• Leibdragonerregimenter Nr. 20 (Leibregiment) Badenois
• Leibdragonerregimenter Nr. 24 (Leibregiment) Badenois

Other gardes du corps covered in this issue:

• Leib-Régiment Kurfürst in Bayern, 1756–1763

L’armée autrichienne only had gardes du corps, namely: Arcieren-Leibgarde, Leibgarde Hongrois et Trabanten-Leibgarde, as well as the Leibgarde-Reitereskadron et the Hofburgwache.

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– Publié: 12.04.2007 – Actualisé: 04.09.2008
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