The National Guard, as a product born in 1789, can be said to have been closely linked with the revolution since the moment of its birth.
Therefore, it was also viewed as a thorn in the side by the monarchs after the Great Revolution. Emperor Napoleon, Louis XVIII, and Charles X all briefly abolished this army filled with revolutionary spirit, but ultimately they had to reestablish it.
During the Orleans Kingdom period, Louis Philippe, who considered himself placed on the throne by the National Guard, regarded it as a strong guarantee for maintaining the regime. However, the National Guard still betrayed him.
When Jerome Bonaparte became the Emperor of the Second Empire, he also gritted his teeth in hatred toward the National Guard, yet he dared not dissolve it outright due to the great disregard of the public.
