Hungarian royal bodyguards. As a reward for the loyalty and self-sacrifice shown by the Hungarian nation to the ruling house during the Seven Years' War, Queen Mária Theresia of Hungary decided to set up her Hungarian royal bodyguard (königlich-ungarische (k.u.) Leibgarde) from noble Hungarian youths in order to raise the light of her royal court and cultivate Hungarian youth. Undoubtedly, the major political aspect was part of this decision, that the Hungarian middle nobility, which until then had almost no connection with the court and court life, would come under the direct influence of the court of the imperial city. Chancellor Miklós Gróf Pálffy sent circulars to the counties on March 1, 1760, asking for the funds needed to set up the Hungarian Noble Bodyguard. All the costs of the operation of the Hungarian bodyguard had to be borne by the counties of Hungary, Transylvania and Croatia. It was actually set up on September 11. The initiation of our modern culture was greatly influenced by the fact that the 20-25-year-old nobles lived for five years in the atmosphere of the advanced culture of the imperial city. "Vienna was not Sybaris or Capua for them, but became what Athens was for the proud youth of Rome." The initiators and first developers of our new literature were almost without exception bodyguards. The bodyguard operated with a basically unchanged scope of duties, in accordance with the requirements of each era, with several name changes - with minor interruptions - until 1918. The names used are: Hungarian noble bodyguard army,