Swiss Guards
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Everlasting Peace of 1516 the Swiss mercenaries played their most important role in the military history of France. Francis I used some 120,000 Swiss levies in his wars, and in...personal guard, the Hundred Swiss, was slain before Francis...