 Scottish Guards fell at the Battle of Montlhéry defending their King, Louis XI of France, in 1465.The "Garde Écossaise" survived until the end of the Bourbon monarchy as the senior or Scottish Company of the "Gardes du Corps" (Body Guards).There were four companies of Body Guards and a detachment of them accompanied the French King wherever he went, posted guards on his sleeping place and even escorted his food from kitchen to table.