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Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix
Born
Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix

(1784-05-12)12 May 1784[1]
Brieg, Silesia, Prussia[1]
Died22 October 1840(1840-10-22) (aged 56)[1]
Breslau, Schlesien, Prussia[1]
Burial placeEvangelical Church Cemetery, Breslau, Schlesien, Prussia[1]
TitleBaron,[2] Freiherr[1]
Herr of Schleibitz, Hamm, Gross-Naedlitz and Loslau
Kammerherr[1]
Drost in Neuenrade
Spouse(s)Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Elisabeth von Poser and Gross-Naedlitz, from the house of Peuke (1804)
Children5
Parent(s)Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix
Johanna Christine Wilhelmine von Koschembahr und Skorkau from the house of Ossen
Military career
Allegiance Prussia
Service/branchPrussian Army
Years of service1797–1804, 1813–1832
RankCaptain[1]
Unit23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment (1797–1804)
8th Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment (1813–1832)
Commands heldCompany commander, 8th Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment (1813–1832)
Battles/wars
AwardsKnight of the Order of Saint John (1817)
Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class (1813)
Campaign Medal 1813-15

Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix,[1] aka Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix,[3][4] Herr of Schleibitz, Hamm, Groß-Naedlitz and Loslau, aka the Baron von Forcade,[2] ( (1784-05-12)12 May 1784 – (1840-10-22)22 October 1840[4]),[5] Royal Prussian Major, Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class[5][6] on 26 August 1813, knighted by His Majesty Frederick William III of Prussia as Knight of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)[3][5][6] (Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens Sankt Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem) in 1817, Royal Prussian Chamberlain[3][6] (Kammerherr)[1][2] and Castellan (Drost) of Neuenrade in the County of Mark,[3] after his father's death in 1808. He was also a publisher, author, and theater director.[7]

Military career

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The Red House in Strehlen near Dresden, 26 August 1813, during the Battle of Dresden

Born in Brieg, Silesia, he followed the military tradition of his family, and:

Family

Coat of arms

Forcade-Biaix coat of arms, Prussian branch, circa 1820

The family motto of the Prussian branch is "In Virtute Pertinax".[8]

Coat of arms: An escutcheon with the field divided into four parts. Left half: argent tincture, a gules lion holding a sinople eradicated oak tree between its paws; azure tincture charged with three or mullets; Right half: a gules castle with three towers on an argent tincture; sinople tincture charged with three argent roses below it. A Grafenkrone (count's coronet) as helmut on top of the escutcheon, crested with a or fleur-de-lis. Two or lions supporting the escutcheon. Motto: "In Virtute Pertinax".

Heraldic symbolism: The lion symbolizes courage; the eradicated oak tree symbolizes strength and endurance; the towers are symbols of defense and of individual fortitude; the mullets (5-star) symbolizes divine quality bestowed by god; the rose is a symbol of hope and joy; the fleur-de-lis is the floral emblem of France; the coronet is a symbol of victory, sovereignty and empire. A count's coronet to demonstrate rank and because the family originally served the counts of Foix and Béarn during the English Wars in the Middle Ages.

Forcade-Biaix coat of arms,[4][9] Silesia branch, date unknown, pre-1900

Parents

His father was Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix[3] (1747-1808), a Royal Prussian Lieutenant Colonel, recipient of Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite[3] and Castellan (Drost) of Neuenrade in the County of Mark.[3]

He married in 1782[3] at Ossen Manor in Oels, Silesia, to Wilhelmine von Koshembahr und Skorkau[3] (1762-????), from the house of Ossen.[10] She was the daughter of Christian Leopold von Koschembahr und Skorkau, Herr of Ober- and Nieder-Ossen, Pühlau, Dörndorf and Jacobsdorf, and his 2nd wife Charlotte Wilhelmine Wutge von Wutgenau.

Marriage

Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix married at the Rittergut Peuke in Oels county on 26 November 1804[3] with Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Elisabeth von Poser und Gross-Naedlitz,[3][5] from the house of Peuke[3][5] (* 25 November 1785, Rittergut Peuke, Oels; † 11 September 1818,[3] Waldenburg near Breslau), the daughter of Johann Gottlieb Sylvius von Poser und Groß-Naedlitz, Herr of Perschau and Domsel (1739-1817), a Royal Prussian lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp (German: Flügeladjutant) to Frederick William III of Prussia, and his 4th wife, Amalie Johanna Henriette Helene von Loeben (1762-1823).

Children

The couple had had at least five daughters, but by the time his wife died in 1818, only one daughter was still alive. The family line extinguished in 1840 without a son to carry it on.

Other family

Titles and offices

Historical terms, in particular those related to offices, titles and awards, are often outdated in their usage to the point that modern dictionaries no longer contain them. To understand their meaning in the present day context it is necessary to look into dictionaries from the period. Historical terms in German used in the production of this article, and their English definitions, include:

Drost zu Neuenrade

Castellan of Neuenrade

Kammerherr

Chamberlain

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Breslau (Wroclow) Garrison Parish, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1805-1905, p. 288 (in German manuscript) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c Wendt, 1831, p. 17 (in German)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 391 (in German)
  4. ^ a b c Blažek, Part 3, pp. 131–132 (in German)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 2, Page 180 (in German)
  6. ^ a b c 1839 Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof, Page 10 (in German)
  7. ^ Deutsch Biographie (in German)
  8. ^ Champeaux, Page 105 (in French)
  9. ^ Blažek, Part 3, p. 267, Table 85 (in German)
  10. ^ Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 390 (in German)
  11. ^ VIFA - Ausländer im vorrevolutionären Russland, Institut für Ost- und Südeuropaforschung, Erik-Amburger-Datenbank, Datensatz: 86859 (in German)
  12. ^ a b c Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 392 (in German)

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