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The Cent-gardes Squadron, (French: L'Escadron des Cent-gardes), also called Cent Gardes à Cheval (Hundred Guardsmen on Horseback), were an elite cavalry corps of the Second French Empire primarily responsible for protecting the person of the Emperor Napoleon III, as well as providing security within the Tuileries Palace. They also provided an escort for the emblems of the Imperial Guard and their award ceremony with flag and standard bearers.

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  • The Cent-gardes Squadron, (French: L'Escadron des Cent-gardes), also called Cent Gardes à Cheval (Hundred Guardsmen on Horseback), were an elite cavalry corps of the Second French Empire primarily responsible for protecting the person of the Emperor Napoleon III, as well as providing security within the Tuileries Palace. They also provided an escort for the emblems of the Imperial Guard and their award ceremony with flag and standard bearers.
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  • Paris – Tuileries Palace
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  • Formation – Ceremonial
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  • Cent-gardes
ceremonial chief
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  • France
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  • Cent-garde squadron, circa 1870.
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  • --03-24
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  • Cent-gardes Squadron
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  • The Cent-gardes Squadron, (French: L'Escadron des Cent-gardes), also called Cent Gardes à Cheval (Hundred Guardsmen on Horseback), were an elite cavalry corps of the Second French Empire primarily responsible for protecting the person of the Emperor Napoleon III, as well as providing security within the Tuileries Palace. They also provided an escort for the emblems of the Imperial Guard and their award ceremony with flag and standard bearers. The squadron was created by decree on 24 March 1854 by the Emperor, who may have modelled the new unit on the British Life guards. When on duty the Cent-Gardes had to stand absolutely still and render honours only to the Emperor and members of the Imperial family. Although theoretically not part of the Imperial Guard, they were under the orders of the Grand Marshal of the Palace.
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