Royal Horse Guards (Denmark)

Royal Horse Guards
Royal Horse Guards
Livgarden til Hest
	Royal Horse Guards at Korsør on the way to the front line in Schsleswig during the First Schleswig War in 1848. Painting by Otto Bache from 1888.
Active	January 1661−31 May 1866 (205 years, 4 months)
Country	Denmark
Branch	Royal Danish Army
Type	Cavalry
Role	Guard and escort duty
Size	675 men at its height in 1714
Part of	Royal Life Guards
Garrison/HQ	Hestegardekassernen
Engagements	The Battle of Helsingborg in 1710; The Battle of Gadebusch in 1712;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Friedrich von Arensdorff

The Royal Horse Guards (Danish: Livgarden til Hest) was a Cuirassier regiment in the Royal Danish Army which was founded on orders from King Frederick III in January 1661 and discontinued on 31 May 1866. It served both as Royal Guards and as a front line cavalry unit.^[3]

History[edit]

The Royal Danish Horse Guards was founded on orders from King Frederick III in January 1661.^[4] They were based at Royal Horse Guards Barracks next to Copenhagen Castle.

The Royal Horse Guards played a particularly active role in the Battle of Helsingborg in 1710 and the Battle of Gadebusch in 1712 during the Great Northern War.^[4]

The regiment was disbanded on 31 May 1866. It had served both as Royal Guards and as a front line cavalry unit.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Frederiksholms Kanal 26-28 / Vester Voldgade 119a-b-123". Indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2014-08-13.
^ "Friederich Zintgraff". Bendette.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Livgardeeskadronen 1848" (in Danish). Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Livgardeeskadronen 1848" (in Danish). Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab. Retrieved 2011-06-28.