Soldier, officer and high officer of the Corsican Guard in 1656, after "La Corse militaire", by Marquis Paul D'Ornano (1904)
Active
1603–1662
Country
Papal States
Type
Infantry
Role
Honour guard
urban militia
Size
600–700
Garrison/HQ
Rome
Commanders
Notable commanders
Mario Chigi
Military unit
The Corsican Guard (Italian and Corsican: Guardia Corsa) was a military unit of the Papal States composed exclusively of Corsican mercenaries on duty in Rome, having the functions of an urban militia and guard for the Pope.
Preceded by several militias composed of Corsicans since the fifteenth century, the Corsican Guard was formally founded in 1603 under Pope Clement VIII. The unit was disbanded in 1662 upon request of the French king Louis XIV, following an incident between Corsican soldiers and Frenchmen near the French Embassy in Rome at Palazzo Farnese.
The CorsicanGuard (Italian and Corsican: Guardia Corsa) was a military unit of the Papal States composed exclusively of Corsican mercenaries on duty...
The CorsicanGuard Affair was an event in French and papal history, illustrating Louis XIV of France's will to impose his power on other European leaders...
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States were defended by a relatively large Papal Army (including the CorsicanGuard, active from 1603 to 1662) and a Papal Navy, a majority of these forces...
Corsican nationalism is the concept of a cohesive nation of Corsica and a national identity of its people. The Corsican autonomy movement stems from Corsican...
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The Corsican conflict is an armed and political conflict on the island of Corsica which began in 1976 between the government of France and Corsican nationalist...
The Corsican Republic (Italian: Repubblica Corsa) was a short-lived state on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. It was proclaimed in July...
retained control over it for five centuries, until the establishment of the Corsican Republic in 1755. The French gained control in the 1768 Treaty of Versailles...
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Napoleon Bonaparte in the capital city of Ajaccio. Under France, the use of Corsican (a regional language closely related to Italian) has gradually declined...
known as Pasquino da Perugia or Pasquino di Sia (died 15 July 1532) was a Corsican Condottiero (mercenary warlord) active during the Italian Wars which took...
Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico resulted in the 19th century from widespread economic and political changes in Europe that made life difficult for...
conspirator Mary Surratt, who served in the Pontifical Zouaves CorsicanGuard Noble Guard Palatine Guard Esposito 2018, p. 8. Powell 1871, p. 1. Powell 1871, p...
de ˈpaːoli]; Corsican: Pasquale or Pasquali Paoli; French: Philippe-Antoine-Pascal Paoli; 6 April 1725 – 5 February 1807) was a Corsican patriot, statesman...
was a Corsican nationalist who was arrested in 2003 for the 1998 murder of Corsican prefect Claude Érignac. Colonna is a hero among many Corsicans, and...
between some Corsican soldiers controlling the bridge and Frenchmen belonging to the retinue of the French ambassador triggered the CorsicanGuard Affair and...
substantiated by the distribution of Corsican artifacts throughout the Mediterranean. The separation of Corsican and non-Corsican populations falls within rather...
the next 65 years the Vandals maintained their domination, the valuable Corsican forests supplying the wood for their pirate fleets. After the Vandal state...
XIV seized Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin in retaliation for the CorsicanGuard Affair, an attack on the Duc de Créqui, his ambassador to the Holy See...
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Kyrnos may be derived from a local, Corsican toponym. Scholarship is divided on an origin from a pre-Roman Corsican language word, kors-, meaning 'treetop'...
Louis [fr]); 7. Pyramid erected in Rome in 1664 and torn down in 1668 (the CorsicanGuard Affair); 8. Takeover of Maastricht in 1673; 9. Battle of Seneffe in...
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patriciate on his family. His elder brother Mario, last commander of the CorsicanGuard in Rome, continued the branch of the family in Siena. His brother Augusto...
Corsicans, coming mainly from the regions of Cap Corse and La Castagniccia in the mediterranean island of Corsica, started arriving in the first third...
forced to humiliate himself, disbanding the CorsicanGuard and erecting a "pyramid of infamy" at the Corsicans' barracks near the street. From an architectural...
is signed between France and the Papal States to bring an end to the CorsicanGuard Affair that began on August 20, 1662, when the French ambassador was...
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