Home › Entities › military_unit › Old Guard

Old Guard

unit of the French Army, 1804–1815
Organization military_unit Q3279699
Old Guard
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Old Guard

Summary

Old Guard is a military unit[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,063 views/month, #49 of 4,978).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Guard is in the country of France[3].
  • Old Guard's instance of is recorded as military unit[4].
  • Old Guard's Commons category is recorded as Old Guard (Napoleon I)[5].
  • January 1, 1804 marks the founding of Old Guard[6].
  • Old Guard's described by source is recorded as The Waterloo Association[7].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1804 marks the founding of Old Guard[6].

Why It Matters

Old Guard ranks in the top 0.98% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,063 views/month, #49 of 4,978).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

Related Entities

France

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Old Guard. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-guard
MLA “Old Guard.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-guard.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_old-guard_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Old Guard}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-guard}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Old Guard — https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-guard (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-guard · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Mariobanana · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Country → —
    Described by source → The Waterloo Association
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1203lzgvt
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q17232406 */"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.