Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix
| Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 October 1787 Brieg, Silesia, Prussia |
| Died | 14 November 1835 Rawitsch, Posen, Prussia |
| Cause of death | Pulmonic apoplexy |
| Burial place | Rawitsch, Posen, Prussia |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine Caroline von Neumann (1827) |
| Children | childless |
| Parent(s) |
Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix Johanna Christine Wilhelmine von Koschembahr und Skorkau from the house of Ossen |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 Prussia
|
| Service/branch | Prussian Army |
| Years of service | 1802-1835 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | 32nd Prussian Infantry Regiment (1802-1807) 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment (1807-1835) |
| Commands held | 10th Division's Garrison Company, 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment (1833) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class (1814), Distinguished Service Cross, Kriegsdenkmünze für 1813/15 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix, aka Ferdinand von Forcade (* 7 October 1787,Brieg,Silesia; † 14 November 1835,Rawicz,Posen), Royal Prussian Major and Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class.
He was a grandson 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, a Huguenot descendant of the noble family of Forcade and one of a third generation of decorated Prussian Army officers in the Forcade de Biaix dynasty. His last command was as commanding officer of the 10th Prussian Division's Garrison Company. He served the Prussian Army with 32¾ years of service.
He followed the military tradition of his family, and:
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 (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".
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