# The forty-five guards

> guards recruited by Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, Duke of Épernon to provide Henry III of France with trusted protection in the midst of the War of the Three Henrys

**Wikidata**: [Q6640235](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6640235)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-five_guards)  
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