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Compagnie d'ordonnance

This professional army was supported by a new class of militia, the Francs-Archers, following the edict of the 28th of April 1448 by the same King.


Bandes d'ordonnance

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.

Compagnie d'Occident

See Mississippi Company for information on a different 18th century company in North America of the same name .


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