Friedrich Wilhelm von Forcade de Biaix, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1728
Place of Birth: Berlin
Date of Death: 02-Sep-1778
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About 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 (German: Rittmeister) of the 2nd Grenadier Company in the 24th 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 (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-Dessau, Margrave Douairière and widow of Margrave Philippe, Anna 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.
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