The Gardes Françaises (English: French Guards) was one of the two non-ceremonial infantry regiments in the "Maison du Roi" (Household troops) of the French Army under the Ancien Régime. The other regiment was the Gardes Suisses, which made the Gardes Françaises the only one recruited from France.
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