His Excellency[1] Lieutenant General Jean de Forcade de Biaix | |
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| Johann Quirin von Forcade de Biaix | |
 Jean de Forcade de Biaix, as a Major General, c. 1718 | |
| Born | Jean de Forcade de Biaix 14 December 1663 Biaix Manor, Pau, Béarn, France |
| Died | 2 February 1729 (aged 65)[1] Berlin, Brandenburg |
| Burial place | Crypt of General de Corneau under the Friedrichstadtkirche,[1] Berlin, Brandenburg |
| Children | 5, most notably: Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix |
| Parent | Jean de Forcade, Seigneur de Biaix |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Prussia |
| Service/ | Prussian Army |
| Years of service | 1685–1729 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Unit | Elector's Bodyguards 1st White Fusilier Guards |
| Commands held | 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment Military Governor of Berlin Commandant of the Royal Residence in Berlin |
| Battles/wars | Great Northern War
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| Awards | Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle |
Jean de Forcade de Biaix,[2] aka Jean de Forcade, Marquis de Biaix,[3][4] aka Jean-Quirin de Forcade de Biaix,[5] aka Jean Quérin von Forcade, Herr von Biaix,[6] aka Johann Querin de Forcade, Herr zu Biaix,[7] aka Johann Quirin von Forkade de Biaix[8][9] (14 December 1663[10][8] – 2 February 1729[1][4][6][11][12]), was a Huguenot, a descendant of the noble family of Forcade and Lieutenant General[5][12] in the service of the Kingdom of Prussia.[2][4][8] He was the Regimentschef[8] of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, Commandant[5][12] of the Royal Residence in Berlin,[4][8] Gouverneur militaire of Berlin, a Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle[4][5] a member of King Frederick I of Prussia's "Tobacco Collegium".[13] and president of the Grand Directoire 1718–1729, the deliberative and decision-making body responsible for all Huguenot affairs in the kingdom.
Although there are references to Jean de Forcade de Biaix as the "Marquis de Biaix" in some Prussian sources published between 1788 and 1837, there is no evidence that he was ever a Marquis. The noble manor of Biaix in the city of Pau was never a marquisate, at any time in its history.
He was also never the Seigneur de Biaix, as stated in some historical Prussian sources.[6][7] The title Seigneur was not hereditary. In the case of his family, his father, who purchased Biaix manor in 1659, was the Seigneur de Biaix.[14] Following the father's death in 1684,[15] the property and the right to enter the Order of Nobility of the Estates of Béarn were passed to the eldest son, Jean's elder brother, Isaac de Forcade de Biaix[15][16] (Seigneur de Biaix 1684–1737).[15]
- ^ a b c d Berlin-Friedrichstadt, Deaths Vol. 1716–1731, p. 198 (in French manuscript) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Picamilh, Tome 1, Page 421 (in French)
- ^ Priesdorff, Band 1, Page 114, Nr. 188 (in German)
- ^ a b c d e Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 4, Page 390 (in German)>
- ^ a b c d Verlag Buschak & Irrgang (1877), p. 281 (in German)
- ^ a b c Zedlitz-Neukirch, Band 2, Page 179 (in German)
- ^ a b Hefner (1860), p. 373 (in German)
- ^ a b c d e König, Band 1, Page 429 (in German)
- ^ Gieraths, Band 8, Page 79 (in German)
- ^ Kroener, Page 169
- ^ König, Band 1, Page 430 (in German)
- ^ a b c Blažek, Part 3, Page 131 (in German) Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wassermann, Pages 172–173 (in German)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Chaix d'Est-Ange, Tome 18, Page 315was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Chaix d'Est-Ange, Tome 18, Page 316was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Picamihl, Tome 1, Page 421 (in French)
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