Sir Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix | |
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| Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix | |
| Born | Frederic Henri Ferdinand Leopold de Forcade[1] 19 December 1747[1] |
| Died | 12 October 1808 |
| Title | Castellan (Drost) in Neuenrade |
| Spouse(s) | Johanna Christine Wilhelmine von Koschembahr und Skorkau, from the house of Ossen (1782) |
| Children | 7, most notably: Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix Wilhelm Friedrich Erdmann Ferdinand von Forcade de Biaix Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix |
| Parent(s) | His Excellency, Lieutenant General Sir Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix and Marie de Montolieu, Baronne de St.-Hippolyte |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Prussia |
| Service | Prussian Army |
| Years of service | 1761–1793 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment (1761–1767) Vernezobre Regiment (1767–1774) 28th Prussian Infantry Regiment |
| Commands | 15th Fusilier Battalion 10th Fusilier Battalion |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite (1791) |
Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix,[2] aka Heinrich Friedrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix,[3] aka Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold Marquis de Forcade de Biaix[4] (* 19 December 1747,[2] Berlin; † 12 October 1808,[2] Schleibitz Manor,[5] Oels, Silesia), was a Royal Prussian lieutenant colonel. He served in the Prussian Army from 1761 to 1793. His last command was as commanding officer of the 10th Prussian Fusilier Battalion, with which he served in the Rhine Campaigns of 1791,[2] where he was awarded the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite (1791).[2][4] He left the Prussian Army after 32 years of service in 1793 as the result of invalidity. At the time of his death, he was the owner of Schleibitz Manor,[6] near Oels, Silesia.[5]
He was the third son,[2] 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. His baptismal godfather was none less than His Majesty Frederick the Great. As a gift, the King ordered his father to accept the hereditary title of Drost zu Neuenrade ("Castellan of Neuenrade") in the County of Mark with the royal command that it be transferred to him upon his death.[7] After his father's death in 1765, he became Castellan (Drost) of Neuenrade.[2]
- ^ a b c Berlin-Friedrichstadt, Baptisms Vol. 1743–1753, p. 228 (in French manuscript) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f g Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 391 (in German)
- ^ Blažek, Part 3, Page 131 (in German)
- ^ a b Lehmann, Band 1, Page 209, Nr. 145 (in German)
- ^ a b Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 2, Page 180 (in German)
- ^ Blažek, Part 3, Page 132 (in German)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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