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.
Bandes d'ordonnance Bandes d'ordonnance (French) or Benden van ordonnantie (Dutch) were elite heavy cavalry formations recruited from the aristocracy in the early-modern Low Countries. They were originally formed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and became an integral part of the military organization of the Low Countries from the mid-fifteenth to late-sixteenth centuries, up to the first years of the Eighty Years' War. They continued to exist into the seventeenth century with far less military importance, although a command in a "Bande d'ordonnance" was still a considerable social distinction.