Sir Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frideric Guillaume de Forcade[1] 23 July 1728[1] |
| Died | 2 September 1778 (aged 50)[2] |
| Burial place | Garnisonkirchhof, Frankfurt an der Oder "…he rests in the garrison church cemetery at the feet of his General v. Dyringshoven (sic)…" |
| Title | Presbyter of the Frankfurt/Oder French Reformed Parish |
| 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 | ca. 1743–1774 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 24th Prussian Infantry Regiment, aka von Braunschweig Regiment, aka Düringshofen Regiment (ca. 1743–1774) |
| Commands | 24th Prussian Infantry Regiment (before 1774) Commandant of Frankfurt/Oder (before 1774) |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite (1774) |
Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix,[3][4] aka Frideric Guillaume de Forcade[1] (born 23 July 1728, Berlin; died 2[2] or 3[3] September 1778, Frankfurt an der Oder) was a Royal Prussian Colonel, Schwadronschef (German: Rittmeister) of the 2nd Grenadier Company in the 24th Prussian Infantry Regiment, recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite[3][4] (1774), Commandant of Frankfurt/Oder, and Presbyter of the French congregation of Frankfurt/Oder.
He was the eldest son,[3] 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.
He was presented for baptism on 23 August 1728[1] by none less than His Majesty the King, Frederick William I of Prussia and Major General Jean de Forcade de Biaix, the paternal grandfather, as his godfathers.[1] Also present at the baptism were Her Royal Highness the Princess Johanna Charlotte von Anhalt-Dessau, Margrave Douairière[1] and widow of Margrave Philippe,[5] Anna Sophia von Treskow, Countess von Wartensleben, second wife of General Field Marshal Alexander Hermann Count von Wartensleben, and Susan de Pelissier, wife of Major General Louis de Montolieu de Saint-Hyppolite, the maternal grandmother, all of whom together his godmothers.
- ^ a b c d e f g Berlin-Friedrichstadt, Baptisms Vol. 1720-1730, p. 212 (in French manuscript) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Tollinen, Band III, Abteilung 1B, p. 73 (in French)
- ^ a b c d Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 391 (in German)
- ^ a b Lehmann, Band 1, Page 123, Nr. 704 (in German)
- ^ Pöllnitz von (1737), Lettres et Mémoiresdu Baron de Pöllnitz, Tome 1, p. 37 (in French)