Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix

Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix[1][2] (* about 1729; † 3 September 1778, Frankfurt/Oder[1]) was a Royal Prussian Colonel, Schwadronschef (Rittmeister) of the 2nd Grenadier Company in the 24th Prussian Infantry Regiment and recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite.[1][2]

For a short period from 1 July 1761 until 7 April 1763, he was the acting Regimentschef[1] of the 24th Prussian Infantry Regiment[1] garrisoned in Frankfurt/Oder,[1]

He was the eldest son,[1] of Royal Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix, one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers.

Military career

Very little is known about his military career. He followed the military tradition of his family and fought in the First Silesian War, the Second Silesian War and the Seven Years' War, climbing to the rank of Colonel.

Family

Coat of Arms

Forcade-Biaix Coat of Arms, Prussian Branch, circa 1820

The family motto of the Prussian branch is "In Virtute Pertinax".[4]

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.

Parents

His father was Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix (1698-1729), one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers.[5][6] Twice wounded and left for dead on the battlefield, he was Regimentschef of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment,[7][8] recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite,[9] Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle,[6][7][9][10] Canon of Havelberg,[6] Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark,[9] Lord Seneschal of Zinna,[5][6][7][9] President of the Ober-Collegium Sanitatis in Berlin and Lieutenant governor of Breslau.[7] He married in 1727 at the French Cathedral in Berlin with Marie de Montolieu, Baronne de St.-Hippolyte[5][11] aka Maria von Montaulieu, Freiin von St.-Hippolyte (1709-1767), daughter of Sardinian and Prussian Major General[11] Louis de Montolieu, Baron de St.-Hippolyte († 1738, Berlin), also a Huguenot exile.

Marriage

Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix never married.

Other Family

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 391 (in German)
  2. 1 2 3 Lehmann, Band 1, Page 123, Nr. 704 (in German)
  3. ↑ Gieraths, Band 8, Page 82 (in German)
  4. ↑ Champeaux, Page 105 (in French)
  5. 1 2 3 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 2, Page 179 (in German)
  6. 1 2 3 4 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 390 (in German)
  7. 1 2 3 4 Heinsius, Issue 52, Page 241, Nr. V (in German)
  8. ↑ Gieraths, Band 8, Page 79 (in German)
  9. 1 2 3 4 König, Band 1, Page 430 (in German)
  10. ↑ Ledebur, Band 17, Page 43 (in German)
  11. 1 2 König, Band 1, Page 431 (in German)
  12. 1 2 3 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 2, Page 180 (in German)
  13. 1 2 3 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 392 (in German)

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Literature

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