page_title: Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix
section_title: Coat of Arms
hierarchical_section_title: Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix / Family / Coat of Arms
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat-of-Arms Silesia Branch Forcade-Biaix
context_page_description: Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix, aka Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin von Forcade de Biaix, Herr of Schleibitz, Hamm, Groß-Naedlitz and Loslau, aka the Baron von Forcade, Royal Prussian Major, Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 26 August 1813, knighted by His Majesty Frederick William III of Prussia as Knight of the Order of Saint John in 1817, Royal Prussian Chamberlain and Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark, after his father's death in 1808. He was also a publisher, author, and theater director.
context_section_description: 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".
  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.
caption: Forcade-Biaix Coat of Arms,[4][9] Silesia Branch, date unknown, pre-1900
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