Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix
Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix, aka Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix, :wikt:Herr|Herr of Schleibitz, Hamm, Groß-Naedlitz and Loslau, aka the Baron von Forcade, , Royal Prussian Major, Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 26 August 1813, knighted by His Majesty Frederick William III of Prussia as Knight of the Order of Saint John in 1817, Royal Prussian Chamberlain and Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark, after his father's death in 1808. He was also a publisher, author, and theater director.
Military career
He followed the military tradition of his family, and:- 1797, entered Prussian military service in the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment.
- 1804, discharged from Prussian military service.
- 1804, his Majesty Frederick William III of Prussia awarded him office of Royal Chamberlain.
- 1806, Standesherr in Loslau
- 1808, inherited the office of Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark upon his father's death.
- 1813, responded to the general call-up and mobilization of military reservists and Landwehr, and reentered Prussian military service.
- 1813, helped organize and train six Companies of Landwehr.
- 26 August 1813, recognized for his heroic actions defending the so-called Red House at :de:Strehlen |Strehlen near Dresden against a vastly superior enemy during the Battle of Dresden.
- 1813-1815, participated in the Campaigns of 1813-1815 during the War of the Sixth Coalition as a Captain and Company Commander of the 8th Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment.
- 1817, his Majesty Frederick William III of Prussia awarded him Knight of the Order of Saint John .
- Captain in the Gendarmerie in Breslau
- 1825, awarded the Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class for his heroic actions defending the so-called Red House against a vastly superior enemy during the Battle of Dresden on 26 August 1813.
- 1832, took his retirement.
Family
Coat of Arms
The family motto of the Prussian branch is "In Virtute Pertinax".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 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 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 Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix, 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 and Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark.He married in 1782 at Ossen Manor in Oels, Silesia, to Wilhelmine von Koshembahr und Skorkau, from the house of Ossen. She was the daughter of Christian Leopold von Koschembahr und Skorkau, :wikt:Herr|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 with Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Elisabeth von Poser und Gross-Naedlitz, from the house of Peuke, the daughter of Johann Gottlieb Sylvius von Poser und Groß-Naedlitz, Herr of Perschau and Domsel, a Royal Prussian lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to Frederick William III of Prussia, and his 4th wife, Amalie Johanna Henriette Helene von Loeben.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.- Adelheid von Forcade de Biaix
- Emilie von Forcade de Biaix
- Johanne von Forcade de Biaix
- Amalie Wilhelmine Henriette Ernestine Bianca von Forcade de Biaix. She married 17 January 1832 at Krakowahne Castle, Trebnitz County in Silesia with Heinrich Sylvius Friedrich Adolf von Randow, :wikt:Herr|Herr of Pangau, Royal Prussian Captain in the Artillery and a professional engineer, who emigrated in 1853 to Brazil.
- an unnamed daughter, who died an infant.
Other Family
- Brother: Wilhelm Friedrich Erdmann Ferdinand von Forcade de Biaix, Imperial Russian Army Lieutenant, Adjutant to Imperial Russian Army Infantry General Loggin Ossipovitch Rot, recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite. He was reported as Missing in Action and presumed dead in 1816.
- Brother: Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix aka Ferdinand Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix, Royal Prussian Major, Commanding Officer of the 10th Prussian Division's Garrison Company and Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Titles and Offices
Drost zu Neuenrade
Castellan of Neuenrade- Drost : synonym with "Landdrost", "Landshauptmann" and "Landsvogt"; a Lord Seneschal, a governor of a certain part of a country, an Upper Bailiff, a Castellan See: Ebers, Johann, The New And Complete Dictionary Of The German And English Languages: composed chiefly after the German Dictionaries of Mr. Adelung and of Mr. Schwan / 1:... Containing the Letters A - G of the German Alphabet explained in English, Leipzig 1796, Page 618
Kammerherr
- Kammerherr : a Chamberlain; see also Kammerer See: Ebers, Johann, The New And Complete Dictionary Of The German And English Languages: composed chiefly after the German Dictionaries of Mr. Adelung and of Mr. Schwan / 2:... Containing the Letters H - R of the German Alphabet explained in English, Leipzig 1796, Page 284
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