Isaac de Forcade de Biaix

Hofmarschall[1] Sir
Isaac de Forcade de Biaix
Isaak von Forcade de Biaix
Bornc. 1703[2]
Biaix Manor, Pau, Béarn, France[3]
Died(1775-01-21)21 January 1775[2]
Potsdam, Brandenburg
TitleHofmarschall[1] to the Prince of Prussia, Crown Prince Frederick William II, heir to the throne of Prussia
Spouse(s)Anna Elisabeth de Cantenius (1738)
Catherine von Vieregg (1763)
Parent(s)presumably Isaac de Forcade, Seigneur de Biaix and Magdaleine Claire de Lalanne
Military career
Allegiance Prussia
Service / branchPrussian Army
Years of service1722–1757
RankColonel
Unit23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment (1722-1738)
18th Prussian Infantry Regiment, aka Prince of Prussia Infantry Regiment (1738-1757)
CommandsThe Court of the Prince of Prussia, Crown Prince Frederick William II (1765-1775)
Battles / wars
AwardsKnight of the Order of Pour le Mérite (1740–42)[4]

Isaac de Forcade de Biaix, aka Isaak de Forcade de Biaix,[4] aka Isaac von Forcade de Biaix,[5] aka Isaac von Forcade,[6][7] aka Peter Isaac von Forcade,[8] aka Isaak von Forcade[9] (c. 1703,[2][6] in Pau,[3] Béarn – 21 January 1775,[6] in Potsdam, Prussia), was a Kingdom of Prussia colonel, Hofmarschall[1][6] to the Prince of Prussia[6] and recipient of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite.[4] He was a descendant of the noble family of Forcade in Béarn, born as a Catholic, but emigrated to Brandenburg-Prussia at a young age, where he joined the Huguenot community in Berlin.

He is referred to in some historical sources, as Isaac Quirin von Forcade, Marquis de Biaix,[10][11] As with his uncle and first cousin, there is no evidence that he was ever a Marquis. Biaix was never, at any time in its history, a marquisate, but instead a noble manor in Pau (see also Manorialism).

  1. ^ a b c Fahrenkrüger (1801), 2nd Part, p. 281 (in German-English)
  2. ^ a b c Potsdam Evangelical Garrison Parish, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Vol. 1756-1855, p. 515 (in French manuscript) (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b AFrD: Rep. 33 – Mar.I,Nr.63
  4. ^ a b c Lehman, Band 1, p. 18, Nr. 113 (in German)
  5. ^ Dufau de Maluquer, Tome 2, Page 474 (in French)
  6. ^ a b c d e Heinsius, Issue 162, Page 418, Nr. 5 (in German)
  7. ^ Brüggermann (1784), Part 2, Band 1, p. 264, Nr. 16 (in German)
  8. ^ Brüggermann (1784), Part 2, Band 1, p. 258, Nr. 2 (in German)
  9. ^ Klempin & Kratz (1863), Chapter 5, Table A, Section 16, p. 426, Nr. 7 (in German)
  10. ^ Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum, Tome 1, p. 115, Nr. 188
  11. ^ Gerlach (2007), Band 1, p. 591, Nr. 19 (in German)