Sir Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix | |
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Born | Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix 12 May 1784[1] Brieg, Silesia, Prussia[1] |
Died | 22 October 1840 Breslau, Schlesien, Prussia[1] | (aged 56)[1]
Burial place | Evangelical Church Cemetery, Breslau, Schlesien, Prussia[1] |
Title | Baron,[2] Freiherr[1] Herr of Schleibitz, Hamm, Gross-Naedlitz and Loslau Kammerherr[1] Drost in Neuenrade |
Spouse(s) | Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Elisabeth von Poser and Gross-Naedlitz, from the house of Peuke (1804) |
Children | 5 |
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 | ![]() |
Service/ | Prussian Army |
Years of service | 1797–1804, 1813–1832 |
Rank | Captain[1] |
Unit | 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment (1797–1804) 8th Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment (1813–1832) |
Commands held | Company commander, 8th Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment (1813–1832) |
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Awards | Knight of the Order of Saint John (1817) Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class (1813) Campaign Medal 1813-15 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix,[1] aka Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix,[3][4] Herr of Schleibitz, Hamm, Groß-Naedlitz and Loslau, aka the Baron von Forcade,[2] (
12 May 1784 – 22 October 1840[4]),[5] Royal Prussian Major, Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class[5][6] on 26 August 1813, knighted by His Majesty Frederick William III of Prussia as Knight of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)[3][5][6] (Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens Sankt Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem) in 1817, Royal Prussian Chamberlain[3][6] (Kammerherr)[1][2] and Castellan (Drost) of Neuenrade in the County of Mark,[3] after his father's death in 1808. He was also a publisher, author, and theater director.[7]