The Musketeers of the Guard (French: Mousquetaires de la garde) or King's Musketeers (Mousquetaires du roi) had the full name - Musketeers of the military household of the King of France. (Mousquetaires de la maison militaire du roi de France) They were an elite fighting company of the military branch of the Maison du Roi, the Royal Household of the French monarchy.