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Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich Von Forcade De Biaix
Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Ernst Heinrich von Forcade de Biaix,Schlesische Provinzialblätter, Nov. 1787, Page 476 (Viewer Page 92(in German)/ref> aka ''Ferdinand von Forcade'' (7 October 1787 – 14 November 1835), Royal Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Major and Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd Class. He was a grandson of Royal Kingdom of Prussia, 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 Forcade (Noble family), 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 Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Division's Garrison Company. He served the Prussian Army with 32¾ years of service. Military career He followed the military tradition of his family, and: * 1802, entered Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian military service in the 32nd Pru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brzeg
Brzeg (; Latin: ''Alta Ripa'', German: ''Brieg'', Silesian German: ''Brigg'', , ) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County. It is situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on the left bank of the Oder river. The town of Brzeg was first mentioned as a trading and fishing settlement in the year 1234. In 1248, Silesian Duke Henry III the White granted the settlement Magdeburg town rights and by the late 13th century the city became fortified. Sometimes referred to as “the garden town”, the town's size greatly expanded after the construction of dwelling houses which were located on the city outskirts. From the early 14th to late 17th centuries, the town was ruled by the Piast dynasty as fiefs of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire. Later, as the result of the Silesian Wars, the town became Prussian. After the border shifts of 1945, the town's German populace was expelled and the town became part of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
