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KONINKLIJKE MARECHAUSSEE

The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee
(KMar) is an organization of
approximately 6500 persons. It
safeguards the security of the State,
both in the Netherlands and further
afield. It is deployed globally at
locations of strategic importance: from
royal palaces to the external borders of
Europe, and from airports in the
Netherlands to theatres of war and
crisis areas all over the world. The
KMar is deployable for security in any
situation at home and abroad,
especially when the going gets tough.
On October 26th 1814, the “Corps de Marechaussee” was established by King William I in order to
replace the French Gendarmerie. During the French occupation, the word “gendarmerie” had gained
a negative connotation, therefore King William I called the new force “Marechaussee”
(Marechaussee is a French alternative word for “gendarmerie”).

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