Quote Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
I'm playing v2.01 and I've seen the faction leader's bodyguard regenerate but only by a handful of men (3 or 4) per turn. Princes and ex-royal general's bodyguards definitely do not regenerate, so they do have to be retrained.

Incidentally, the CA notes in the VI readme address a specific problem whereby an early RK unit undergoing retraining in the year where you transition to High (or High to Late) used to cause the unit to disappear completely, so it seems this issue was well known to many. Now they emerge with a full retinue and a change to the correct unit type for the new era.
Hold on there, I had a king that I wanted to kill off for the British and every battle, he would run away alone and I would end up with 4 or 5 Royal Knights when the next turn started. I think it has to be the ruler that gets more. I hated that EXCOMMED King. Stupid king thought he could take out the Danes in a turn and he was wrong. Its not my fault, I told him he couldn't do it with 3 knights but he didn't listen.