Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix

Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix[1] (* 7 October 1787,[1] Brieg,[1] Silesia; † 14 November 1835, presumably in Rawitsch, Silesia), Royal Prussian Major and Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class.

Military career

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".[2]

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,[3][4] Silesia Branch, date unknown, pre-1900

Parents

His father was Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix[5] (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[5] and Castellan (Drost) of Neuenrade in the County of Mark.[5] He married in 1782[5] at Ossen Manor in Oels, Silesia, to Wilhelmine von Koshembahr und Skorkau[5] (1762-????), from the house of Ossen.[6] 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 von Wutgenau.

Marriage

Ferdinand Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix married with Josephine von Neumann, who survived him. Their marriage was childless.

Other Family

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Schlesische Provinzialblätter, Nov. 1787, Page 476 (Viewer Page 92) (in German)
  2. ↑ Champeaux, Page 105 (in French)
  3. ↑ Blažek, Part 3, Page 132 (in German)
  4. ↑ Blažek, Part 3, Page 267, Table 85 (in German)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 391 (in German)
  6. ↑ Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 390 (in German)

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Literature

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