Captain D'Agoust was an officer of the group of Swiss soldiers what have served as guards at European courts since when?
Swiss Guards Swiss Guards (French: "Gardes Suisses" ; German: "Schweizergarde" ) are the Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century.
Seimeni Seimeni (plural of "Seimen") designates the group of flintlock-armed infantry mercenaries charged with guarding the "hospodar" (ruler) and his court in 17th and 18th century Wallachia and Moldavia. They were mostly of Serb and other Balkan origin. The term is of Turkish origin: "seğmen" means "young armed man". In modern transcriptions of Slavonic, it may also appear as "simén" (plural: "siméni") or "siimén" ("siiméni").