Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix

Military career

Born in Brieg, Silesia, he followed the military tradition of his family, and:

1797, entered Prussian military service in the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment. 1804, discharged from Prussian military service. 1804, his Majesty Frederick William III of Prussia awarded him office of Royal Chamberlain . 1806, Standesherr in Loslau 1808, inherited the office of Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark upon his father's death.

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".

Heraldic symbolism: The lion symbolizes courage; the eradicated oak tree symbolizes strength and endurance; the towers are symbols of defense and of individual fortitude; the mullets (5-star) symbolizes divine quality bestowed by god; the rose is a symbol of hope and joy; the fleur-de-lis is the floral emblem of France; the coronet is a symbol of victory, sovereignty and empire. A count's coronet to demonstrate rank and because the family originally served the counts of Foix and Béarn during the English Wars in the Middle Ages.

Parents His father was Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix She was the daughter of Christian Leopold von Koschembahr und Skorkau, Herr of Ober- and Nieder-Ossen, Pühlau, Dörndorf and Jacobsdorf, and his 2nd wife Charlotte Wilhelmine Wutge von Wutgenau.

Marriage Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix married at the Rittergut Peuke in Oels county on 26 November 1804 He was reported as Missing in Action and presumed dead in 1816. Brother: Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix Commanding Officer of the 10th Prussian Division's Garrison Company and Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class.

Titles and offices Historical terms, in particular those related to offices, titles and awards, are often outdated in their usage to the point that modern dictionaries no longer contain them. To understand their meaning in the present day context it is necessary to look into dictionaries from the period. Historical terms in German used in the production of this article, and their English definitions, include:

Drost zu Neuenrade Castellan of Neuenrade

Drost (der): synonym with "Landdrost", "Landshauptmann" and "Landsvogt"; a Lord Seneschal, a governor of a certain part of a country, an Upper Bailiff, a Castellan See: Ebers, Johann, The New And Complete Dictionary Of The German And English Languages: composed chiefly after the German Dictionaries of Mr. Adelung and of Mr. Schwan / 1: ... Containing the Letters A - G of the German Alphabet explained in English, Leipzig 1796, Page 618 (in German and English)

Kammerherr Chamberlain

Kammerherr (der): a Chamberlain; see also Kammerer See: Ebers, Johann, The New and Complete Dictionary of the German and English Languages: composed chiefly after the German Dictionaries of Mr. Adelung and of Mr. Schwan / 2: ... Containing the Letters H–R of the German Alphabet explained in English, Leipzig 1796, p. 284 (in German and English)