Jean Quirin de Forcade

Jean de Forcade de Biaix, as major general, around 1718

Jean Quérin de Forcade, Marquis de Biaix , otherwise called Johann Quirin von Forkade-Biaix (born December 14, 1663 in Pau in Béarn , † February 2, 1729 in Berlin ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general . He was Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 23 and Commander of the Berlin Residence.

Life

family

In older biographical handbooks, the French Field Marshal Jaques de Forcade, Marquis de Biaix and Philippine d'Espalungue Baronne d'Arras are named as his parents . Whether these names were given incorrectly, intentionally or in error, remains uncertain. No Protestant church records have survived for Pau before 1668.

His parents were Jean de Forcade, seigneur de Biaix, (1659-1684) and Madeleine de Lanne († after 1701), daughter of Ramon de Lanne, citizens of Pau. A Jean de Forcade has come down to us as a mint master for Béarn and Navarre ( fermier des monnaies de Béarn et Navarre ). Jean de Forcade, seigneur de Rontignon, bought the fiefdom of Biaix im Pau on February 28, 1659 from the Gratian of Turon, seigneur de Beyrie . On June 10, 1659 he was admitted as seigneur de Biaix (Lord of Biaix) to the Order of the Nobility of Béarn. The fiefdom was given to his eldest son, Isaac, a few days after his death, who was admitted to the Order of the Nobility of Béarn as seigneur de Biaix on November 18, 1684 .

As far as is known, Jean Quérin de Forcade-Biaix was actually not a Marquis . The fiefdom of Biaix was not a marquisate but a lordship . What is certain is that he was never master of Biaix . The lords of Biaix were his father, Jean de Forcade (1659–1684), his brother, Isaac de Forcade (1684–1737) and his nephew, Jean-Jacob de Forcade (1738–?).

Emigration to Prussia

Like many Huguenots, Jean Quérin de Forcade left the country after the Edict of Nantes was repealed . He came to Brandenburg by October 1685 at the latest ( terminus ante quem ) .

On April 15, 1697 Jean Quirin de Forcade married the Baroness Juliane von Honstedt (Hohnstaedt) from the house Erdeborn. She was the daughter of Major General Quirin, heir of Honstedt, on Sulzau, Weikenburg and Erdeborn , and his wife Maria Magdalena Streiff von Löwenstein , on Falkenau, Diedenhosten and Bacour . Her two sons were:

the Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade (1699–1765)
the court marshal of the Prince of Prussia Peter Isaak von Forcade (1702–1775); he was married to Anna Elisabeth Cantenius for the first time , after her death he married Katharina von Eickstedt . The couple also had several daughters.

Military background

October 1686 he was a lieutenant in the militia of the Elector of Brandenburg , Friedrich II. , In Frankfurt (Oder) .
In 1688 he was a captain in the elector's bodyguard in Frankfurt (Oder).
In 1692 he became a captain in the Prussian Guard in Crossen (Oder) .
On September 12, 1702 he became a major in the White Guard (later Infantry Regiment No. 1 ).
On August 12, 1705 he became a lieutenant colonel .
In 1711 he became a colonel .
In 1713 he became governor militaire de Berlin .
In February 1716 he received as a colonel the Infantry Regiment No. 23 garrisoned in Berlin at the time.
On May 31, 1718 he became major general .
In 1722 he became the commandant of the Berlin Residence.
On February 2, 1729, the day of his death, he was appointed lieutenant general.

literature

Pierre Danty: Une famille béarnaise au service de la Prusse: les Forcade-Biaix. In: Société des Sciences Lettres et Arts de Pau et du Béarn (ed.): Revue de Pau et du Béarn. No. 6, 1978, pp. 269-272.
Gustave Chaix d'Est-Ange: Dictionnaire des Familles françaises anciennes ou notables à la fin du XIXe siècle. Volume 18: FEL-FOR. 1922, pp. 315-316 ( gallica.bnf.fr digitalisat).
Anton Balthasar König : Jean Quirin de Forcade . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 429 ( Jean Quirin de Forcade at Wikisource [PDF]).
Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 2, 1836, p. 179 ( books.google.de digitalisat); Volume 4, 1837, p. 390 ( books.google.de digitized version).

Individual evidence

^ Bernhard R. Kroener : Potsdam: State, Army, Residence in Prussian-German Military History. P. 169.
↑ ^a ^b Evangelical Church Berlin-Friedrichstadt, Dead 1716–1731, page 198 (French manuscript)
^ Anton Balthasar König : Jean Quirin de Forcade . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 429 ( Jean Quirin de Forcade at Wikisource [PDF]).
^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon . Volume 2, 1836, p. 179; Volume 4, 1837, p. 390.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Evangelical Church Berlin-Friedrichstadt, weddings 1674–1707, p. 73 (French manuscript).
^ Christian Charlet, Fernand Arbez: Fermeture et réouverture des monnaies de Navarre et Béarn en 1662–1663. In: Revue numismatique. 6e série, Vol. 1997, No. 152, pp. 223-264.
^ Archives Départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Série E: Notaires et tabellions, Pau, Jean d'Agoeix, E2048.
^ Gustave Chaix d'Est-Ange: Dictionnaire des Familles françaises anciennes ou notables à la fin du XIXe siècle. Volume 18: FEL-FOR, 1922, pp. 315-316.
↑ Charles de Picamilh: Statistique générale des Basses-Pyrenees. Volume 1, Pau 1858, p. 421 ( books.google.ch digitized version).
↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Western and Western Pomerania. Part II, Volume 1: Description of the court district of the Royal. Provincial colleges in Szczecin belonging circles. Stettin 1784, p. 264. ( books.google.de digitized).
^ Günther Gieraths : The fighting of the Brandenburg-Prussian army, 1626-1807. Volume 8, Berlin 1964, p. 79 ( books.google.ch digitized version).

personal data
SURNAME	Forcade, Jean Quirin de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Forcade, Jean Quirin from; Forcade de Biaix Johann Quirin of; Jean de Querin Forcade Marquis de Biaix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 23, Commander of the Berlin Residence
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pau , Bearn
DATE OF DEATH	February 2, 1729
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Bernhard R. Kroener : Potsdam: State, Army, Residence in Prussian-German Military History. P. 169.

[EvKircheS198-2] Evangelical Church Berlin-Friedrichstadt, Dead 1716–1731, page 198 (French manuscript)

[3] Anton Balthasar König : Jean Quirin de Forcade . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 429 ( Jean Quirin de Forcade at Wikisource [PDF]).

[4] Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon . Volume 2, 1836, p. 179; Volume 4, 1837, p. 390.

[EvKircheS73-5] Evangelical Church Berlin-Friedrichstadt, weddings 1674–1707, p. 73 (French manuscript).

[6] Christian Charlet, Fernand Arbez: Fermeture et réouverture des monnaies de Navarre et Béarn en 1662–1663. In: Revue numismatique. 6e série, Vol. 1997, No. 152, pp. 223-264.

[7] Archives Départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Série E: Notaires et tabellions, Pau, Jean d'Agoeix, E2048.

[8] Gustave Chaix d'Est-Ange: Dictionnaire des Familles françaises anciennes ou notables à la fin du XIXe siècle. Volume 18: FEL-FOR, 1922, pp. 315-316.

[9] Charles de Picamilh: Statistique générale des Basses-Pyrenees. Volume 1, Pau 1858, p. 421 ( books.google.ch digitized version).

[10] Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Western and Western Pomerania. Part II, Volume 1: Description of the court district of the Royal. Provincial colleges in Szczecin belonging circles. Stettin 1784, p. 264. ( books.google.de digitized).

[11] Günther Gieraths : The fighting of the Brandenburg-Prussian army, 1626-1807. Volume 8, Berlin 1964, p. 79 ( books.google.ch digitized version).