Royal Horse Guards (Denmark)

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.
ActiveJanuary 1661−31 May 1866 (205 years, 4 months)
Country Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
TypeCavalry
RoleGuard and escort duty
Size675 men at its height in 1714
Part ofRoyal Life Guards
Garrison/HQHestegardekassernen[1]
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Friedrich von Arensdorff[2]
Members of the Royal Danish Horse Guards

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]

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