Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard

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Imperial Guard unit cavalry regiment heavy cavalry military unit

The Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard were an elite heavy cavalry regiment of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard, renowned for their discipline, imposing appearance, and role as the Emperor’s mounted bodyguard.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cavalry of the Imperial Guard 1
Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde impériale 1
Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Guard unit ⓘ
cavalry regiment ⓘ
heavy cavalry ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activePeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
allegiance Napoleon I ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I of France
associatedWith French Imperial Guard ⓘ
surface form: Napoleonic Imperial Guard cavalry
branch French Army ⓘ
Imperial Guard ⓘ
category French Imperial Guard ⓘ
surface form: French Imperial Guard regiments

Napoleonic cavalry units ⓘ
commandLanguage French ⓘ
country First French Empire ⓘ
doctrine use as last reserve cavalry ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
Battle of Eylau ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
Battle of Wagram ⓘ
Russian campaign ⓘ
Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Waterloo campaign
equipment carbine ⓘ
heavy cavalry sabre ⓘ
pistol ⓘ
function protect the person of the Emperor ⓘ
provide decisive cavalry charges ⓘ
garrison Paris ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
militaryFormationType regiment ⓘ
notableFor battlefield reliability ⓘ
imposing appearance ⓘ
strict discipline ⓘ
partOf Old Guard ⓘ
reputation highly disciplined ⓘ
most prestigious cavalry regiment of the Imperial Guard ⓘ
steadfast under fire ⓘ
role elite reserve ⓘ
heavy shock cavalry ⓘ
mounted bodyguard of the Emperor ⓘ
selectionCriteria excellent conduct record ⓘ
proven bravery ⓘ
tall stature ⓘ
veteran soldiers ⓘ
subordination directly subordinated to the Emperor ⓘ
translationOfName Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Horse Grenadiers of the Guard
uniformFeature bearskin cap ⓘ
dark blue coat ⓘ
epaulettes ⓘ
high boots ⓘ
white breeches ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Imperial Guard → hasPart → Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard ⓘ
Imperial Guard → notableUnit → Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde impériale
Dutch Lancers of the Guard → commandStructure → Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cavalry of the Imperial Guard
Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard → translationOfName → Grenadiers à cheval of the Guard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horse Grenadiers of the Guard