Swiss Guard

Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts
Organization military_unit Q1055735
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Swiss Guard

Summary

Swiss Guard is a military unit[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (303 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swiss Guard held citizenship in Switzerland[3].
  • Swiss Guard's image is recorded as Group of swiss guards inside saint peter dome.jpg[4].
  • Swiss Guard's instance of is recorded as military unit[5].
  • Swiss Guard's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Swiss Guard's GND ID is recorded as 4180481-8[7].
  • Swiss Guard's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 161380670[8].
  • Swiss Guard's IdRef ID is recorded as 13699217X[9].
  • Swiss Guard's subclass of is recorded as Swiss mercenaries[10].
  • Swiss Guard's Commons category is recorded as Swiss Guards[11].
  • Swiss Guard's participated in conflict is recorded as Sack of Rome, 1527[12].
  • Swiss Guard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012bg5[13].
  • Swiss Guard's parent organization or unit is recorded as Swiss mercenaries[14].
  • Swiss Guard's HDS ID is recorded as 008623[15].
  • Swiss Guard's Commons gallery is recorded as Swiss Guards[16].
  • Swiss Guard's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Swiss-Guards[17].
  • Swiss Guard's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c48s4kj9[18].
  • Swiss Guard's Quora topic ID is recorded as Swiss-Guard[19].

Body

Operations

Swiss Guard's parent organization or unit is recorded as Swiss mercenaries[14].

Why It Matters

Swiss Guard ranks in the top 3% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (303 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Swiss Guard. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/swiss-guard
MLA “Swiss Guard.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/swiss-guard.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_swiss-guard_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Swiss Guard}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/swiss-guard}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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