Isaac de Forcade de Biaix
Isaac de Forcade de Biaix, aka" Isaak de Forcade de Biaix", aka" Isaac von Forcade de Biaix", aka" Isaac von Forcade," aka" Peter Isaac von Forcade," aka" Isaak von Forcade"(* ca. 1703, Pau, Béarn; † 21 January 1775, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia), was a Royal Prussian colonel," Hofmarschall" to the Prince of Prussia and recipient of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of" Pour le Mérite".
He was a descendant of the noble family of Forcade in Béarn, born as a Roman Catholic, but emigrated to Brandenburg- Prussia at a young age, where he joined the Huguenot community in Berlin.
He is referred to in some historical sources, as" Isaac Quirin von Forcade, Marquis de Biaix",
As with his uncle and first cousin, there is no evidence that he was ever a Marquis.
Biaix was never, at any time in its history, a marquisate, but instead a noble manor in Pau"( see also Manorialism)".
Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix
Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix, aka" Frideric Guillaume de Forcade"(* 23 July 1728, Berlin; † 2 or 3 September 1778, Frankfurt an der Oder) was a Royal Prussian Colonel," Schwadronschef" of the 2nd Grenadier Company in the, recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of" Pour le Mérite"( 1774), Commandant of Frankfurt/ Oder, and Presbyter of the French congregation of Frankfurt/ Oder.
He was the eldest son, of Royal Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix, one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers.
He was presented for baptism on 23 August 1728 by none less than His Majesty the" King, Frederick William I of Prussia" and Major General" Jean de Forcade de Biaix," the paternal grandfather, as his godfathers.
Also present at the baptism were Her Royal Highness the" Princess Johanna Charlotte von Anhalt- DessauMargrave Douairière" and widow of" Margrave PhilippeAnna Sophia von Treskow, Countess von Wartensleben", second wife of General Field Marshal" Alexander Hermann Count von Wartensleben", and" Susan de Pelissier", wife of Major General" Louis de Montolieu de Saint- Hyppolite", the maternal grandmother, all of whom together his godmothers.
Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix
Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix, baptized" Quirin Frideric de Forcade," aka" Friedrich Quirin von Forcade," aka" Frédéric Quérin de Forcade"(* 11 January 1699, Berlin; † 23 March 1765, Berlin) was a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, the second son of a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, an early Huguenot immigrant to Brandenburg- Prussia and a descendant of the noble family of Forcade.
He was one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers.
He was wounded three times and once left for dead on the battlefield.
Together with his wife, he fathered 23 children.
He was Regimentschef of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of" Pour le Mérite", Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, Canon of Havelberg, Castellan in Neuenrade in the County of Mark, Lord Seneschal of Zinna, President of the" Ober- Collegium Sanitatis" in Berlin and Lieutenant governor of Breslau.
In 1851, his name was immortalized on the north facing commemorative plaque on the" Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great" in Berlin.
" Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix" is erroneously referred to in some 19th century historical sources in Prussia as the" Marquis de Biaix".
As with his father, there is no evidence that he was ever a Marquis.
Biaix was not a marquisate, but instead a noble manor"( see also Manorialism)."
He was also never the" Seigneur de Biaix".
The title" Seigneur" was not hereditary.
In the case of his family, his grandfather, who purchased the Biaix Manor in 1659, was the" Seigneur de Biaix".
Following his death in 1684, his father's eldest brother inherited the property and the right to enter the Estates of Béarn and became the next" Seigneur de Biaix."
He, in turn, passed it to his eldest son.
Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz
Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz( Julian, O.S.: 23 May 1822, Danzig- Gdańsk – 17 September 1894; Gregorian, N.S.: 4 June 1822- 29 September 1894, St. George's?; Buried: Tartu)( referred to mostly as Ludwig Schwarz), was a Baltic German astronomer of Imperial Russia, explorer, and professor of astronomy at the University of Dorpat honored with the Konstantin Medal of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.
Schwarz also was a recipient of the Demidov Prize of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg in 1865 for his work in geodesy.
Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix
Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix, aka" Heinrich Friedrich Ferdinand Leopold von Forcade de Biaix", aka" Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Leopold Marquis de Forcade de Biaix"(* 19 December 1747, Berlin; † 12 October 1808," Schleibitz Manor", Oels, Silesia), was a Royal Prussian lieutenant colonel.
He served in the Prussian Army from 1761- 1793.
His last command was as Commanding Officer of the 10th Prussian Fusilier Battalion, with which he served in the Rhine Campaigns of 1791, where he was awarded the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of" Pour le Mérite( 1791)."
He left the Prussian Army after 32 years of service in 1793 as the result of invalidity.
At the time of his death, he was the owner of" Schleibitz Manor", near Oels, Silesia.
He was the third son, of Royal Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix, one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers.
His baptismal Godfather was none less than His Majesty Frederick the Great.
As a gift, the King ordered his father to accept the hereditary title of" Drost zu Neuenrade" Castellan of Neuenrade) in the County of Mark with the royal command that it be transferred to him upon his death.
After his father's death in 1765, he became Castellan(" Drost") of Neuenrade.
Ludwig Schwarz
Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.( born 4 June 1940) is the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Linz, Austria.
Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix
Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix, aka" Ferdinand von Forcade"(* 7 October 1787, Brieg, Silesia; † 14 November 1835, Rawicz, Posen), Royal Prussian Major and Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class.
He was a grandson of Royal Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix, one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers, a Huguenot descendant of the noble family of Forcade and one of a third generation of decorated Prussian Army officers in the" Forcade de Biaix" dynasty.
His last command was as commanding officer of the 10th Prussian Division's Garrison Company.
He served the Prussian Army with 32 ¾ years of service.
Christoph Ernst Friedrich von Forcade de Biaix
Christoph Ernst Friedrich von Forcade de Biaix(* 17 September 1821, Büren near Paderborn; † 18 July 1891 at Reckenberg Castle, in Lichtenfels, Hesse) was a German Rittergut owner, Appellate Court Judge in Hamm, Supreme Court Judge in Berlin and Member of parliament in the German Reichstag.
He was the great- grandson of Royal Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix( 1698 – 1765), one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers, himself the son of Prussian noble Jean de Forcade de Biaix( 1663 – 1729), also a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, an early Huguenot immigrant to Brandenburg- Prussia and a descendant of the noble family of Forcade of Béarn, France.
Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Konstantin Quirin Freiherr von Forcade de Biaix
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,"( born, Brieg, Silesia; died, Breslau, Silesia), 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( Bailiwick of Brandenburg)(" Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens Sankt Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem") in 1817, Royal Prussian Chamberlain(" Kammerherr") and Castellan(" Drost") of Neuenrade in the County of Mark, after his father's death in 1808.
He was also a publisher, author, and theater director.
Jean de Forcade de Biaix
Jean de Forcade de Biaix, aka" Jean de Forcade, Marquis de Biaix", aka" Jean- Quirin de Forcade de Biaix," aka" Jean Quérin von Forcade, Herr von Biaix", aka" Johann Querin de Forcade, Herr zu Biaix," aka" Johann Quirin von Forkade de Biaix"(*, Pau, Béarn, France; †, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia) was a Huguenot, a descendant of the noble family of Forcade and Lieutenant General in the service of the Kingdom of Prussia.
He was the Regimentschef of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, Commandant of the Royal Residence in Berlin," Gouverneur militaire" of Berlin, a Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle a member of King Frederick I of Prussia's Tobacco Collegium.
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- 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.
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".
Following the father's death in 1684, 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 BiaixSeigneur de Biaix" 1684 – 1737).

Question: Who is younger, Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz or Friedrich Wilhelm Von Forcade De Biaix?
Answer: Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz