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Swiss mercenaries

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Swiss mercenaries

Summary

Swiss mercenaries is a military unit[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,166 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swiss mercenaries's instance of is recorded as military unit[3].
  • Swiss mercenaries's instance of is recorded as military profession[4].
  • Swiss mercenaries is a type of mercenary[5].
  • Swiss mercenaries's Commons category is recorded as Reisläufer[6].
  • Swiss mercenaries's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swiss mercenaries[7].
  • Swiss mercenaries's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • Swiss mercenaries's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].

Why It Matters

Swiss mercenaries ranks in the top 2% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,166 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · AnBuKu · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → military unit, military profession
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q6857706]]"
  2. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → military unit, military profession
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → mercenary
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553542605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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