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]