Isaac Quirin von Forcade de Biaix
Isaac von Forcade de Biaix,[1][2] aka Isaac Quirin von Forcade, Marquis de Biaix, aka Isaac von Forcade[3] (* ca. 1702,[3] Berlin; † 21 January 1775,[3] Potsdam[3]), was a Royal Prussian Lieutenant Colonel and Hofmarschall[3] with the 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment,[3] recipient of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite,[2] the son of a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General,[4] who was an early Huguenot immigrant to Brandenburg-Prussia and a descendent of the noble family of Forcade.
Military career
Historical sources related to the research of noble families in France incorrectly state that he was a Major General,[1] as does the 25 July 1748 Catholic baptismal record[5] for a niece, Elizabeth-Christine de Casamajor, at Saint-Martin's church in Pau.
Little is known about his military career. What is known from historical sources is:
- May 1735, received the command of a newly created Grenadier Company.[3]
- May 1738, commanded the Friedeborn Musketeer Company.[3]
- 17 June 1738, transferred to the 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment (aka the Prince of Prussia Regiment between 1742–86) under the command of Major General Christian Reinhold von Derschau.[3]
- 11 June 1742, as a Captain he was awarded Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite.[2]
- 28 August 1745, promoted to Major (Obristwachtmeister), in the 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment, since 1742 under the command of Prince Augustus William of Prussia.[3][6]
- 29 May 1756, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, in the Prince of Prussia Infantry Regiment.[3][6]
- Winter 1757, due to his ailing condition he received his requested retirement.[3][6]
- 1765, the King appointed him as Hofmarschall with the Prince of Prussia Infantry Regiment, since 1758 under the command of Crown Prince Frederick William II of Prussia.[3][6]
In all, he served the Royal house for 52 years, during which time he fought with honor in the First Silesian War, the Second Silesian War and the Seven Years' War.
- 1770, in retirement, he was Provisor of the Freemason's Lodge (Die Freimaurer im Alten Preußen), Tricopherius, and liaison to the protector of the Prince of Prussia.
Family
Coat of Arms
The family motto of the Prussian branch is "In Virtute Pertinax".[7]
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
Jean de Forcade de Biaix[8] (1663-1729), was a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General.[8][9][10] He was the Regimentschef[9] of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, Commandant of the Royal Residence in Berlin,[9][10] Gouverneur militaire of Berlin and Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.[10]
He married the Baroness Juliane von Honstedt,[4][10][11] from the noble house of Erdeborn, on 15 April 1697. She was the daughter of Major General[4] Quirin, Erbherr (Allod) von Honstedt[4][12][13] (see also Hohnstedt), Herr of Sulzau, Weikenburg and Erdeborn,[13] and his wife Maria Magdalena Streiff von Löwenstein,[4][13] of Falkenau, Diedenhosten and Bacour.[13]
Marriages
Isaac Quirin von Forcade de Biaix married before 1731 with Anna Elisabeth Cantenius. A court in Sonnenburg ruled on 24 January 1765, that as her heir, the Lordship of her property in Gollin (present day Golina), a farming village that was a dependency of Barskewitz Manor (present day Barzkowice), both suburbs of present day Gmina Stargard Szczeciński in Stargard County, passed to him.
He later remarried with Katharina von Eickstedt, who survived him. His testament dated 7 April 1772 did not name any natural male children as heirs.
Children
From his first marriage, there appears to have been one daughter, who married a Friedrich von Itzenplitz.
Other Family
- Brother: Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix[14] (1698-1765), was a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General[4] and one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers.[10][11] He was Regimentschef of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment,[15] recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit, the Pour le Mérite,[4] Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle,[4][10][16] Canon of Havelberg,[10] Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark,[4] Lord Seneschal of Zinna,[4][10][11] President of the prestigious Ober-Collegium Sanitatis in Berlin and Lieutenant Governor of Breslau.
- Uncle (and namesake):[17] Isaac de Forcade,[1][17] Seigneur de Biaix,[1][17][18] attorney, Jurat in Pau,[18] Legislator at the Parliament of Navarre[1][17] (1659-1737).
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dufau de Maluquer, Tome 2, Page 474 (in French)
- 1 2 3 Lehmann, Band 1, Page 18, Nr. 113 (in German)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Heinsius, Issue 162, Page 418, Nr. 5 (in German)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 König, Band 1, Page 430 (in German)
- ↑ Saint-Martin de Pau, Baptêmes 1743-1752, Page 220 (in French)
- 1 2 3 4 Hempel, Band 8, Page 506 (in German)
- ↑ Champeaux, Page 105 (in French)
- 1 2 Picamilh, Tome 1, Page 421 (in French)
- 1 2 3 König, Band 1, Page 429 (in German)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 390 (in German)
- 1 2 3 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 2, Page 179 (in German)
- ↑ Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 2, Page 436 (in German)
- 1 2 3 4 Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 5, Page 245 (in German)
- ↑ Lange, Page 91 (in German)
- ↑ Gieraths, Band 8, Page 79 (in German)
- ↑ Ledebur, Band 17, Page 43 (in German)
- 1 2 3 4 Chaix d'Est-Ange, Tome 18, Page 316 (in French)
- 1 2 O'Gilvy, Tome 3, Page 173 (in French)
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- Chaix d'Est-Ange, Gustave:, Dictionnaire des Familles françaises anciennes ou notables à la fin du XIXe siècle: FEL - FOR, Tome 18, 1922, Pages 315-316. (in French)
- Champeaux, Joseph de: Devises, cris de guerre, légendes, dictons, Dijon 1890, Page 105. (in French)
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- Lehmann, Gustaf: Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite. Auf Allerhöchsten Befehl Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs, bearbeitet im Königlichen Kriegsministerium durch Gustav Lehmann, wirklichen geheimen Kriegsrat und vortragenden Rat im Kriegs-Ministerium, Zweiter Band: 1812-1913, Berlin 1913, (in German)
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