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Forcade (de), also written Fourcade (de), Forcada (de), Forquade (de), Forquada (de), Forcade (de la), Fourcade (de la), Laforcade (de) and Lafourcade (de) belongs to the nobility of Guyenne and Gascony, in France, and of the Kingdom of Prussia. The family traces its roots to Béarn and the Kingdom of Navarre.
In old Béarnese, the letters "f" and the "h" were used interchangeably. Any variations using the letter "h", such as Horcade (de), Hourcade (de), Horcada (de), Horquade (de), Horquada (de), Horcade (de la), Hourcade (de la), Lahorcade (de) and Lahourcade (de), can be considered as meaning the same.
The etymology of the word Forcade (also Hourcade), in the Béarnese dialect, means "oakwood" in English (French: bois de chêne.) Hourcade can also mean the quantity of straw (or other things) that one can pick up at one time with a pitchfork.
La Horcada in the Gascon dialect, means "oak forest" in English (French: forêt de chêne.)
There are three fiefs in Béarn that are called "Forcade". In the 1863 Topographical Dictionary of the Lower Pyrénées, these were "Fourcade", a fief in the commune of Lespielle-Germenaud-Lannegrasse, known as "La Forcade" in the Census of 1385 and "Forgade" c. 1540 during the territorial reform of Béarn. The second is "La Fourcade", a fief in the commune of Asson. The third is "La Fourcade-Meyrac", a fief in the commune of Pontacq. The latter was the only noble dynasty of "Forcade" identified in the Census of 1385 in Béarn.
In addition, there is a hamlet called Lahourcade, part of the commune of Monein. It is surrounded by Lagor to the north, Pardies to the east, Monein to the southeast, and Lucq-de-Béarn to the southwest. The toponym Lahourcade has taken many forms over the centuries. It appeared as Lo Casteg et la Mote de Pardies (1344), Laforcade de Pardies (1438), Laforcade deu Casterot de Pardies and Laforcada, in 1546 and 1572 respectively, during the territorial reform of Béarn, Lafourcade (1607), Sainte Agathe de Lahorcade (1678) and Lafforcade (1704). In 1385, Lahourcade had 48 feux and was a part of the Bailiwick of Lagor. Lahourcade is also the home of the Château Forcade.
The noble house of "de Forcade" (also "de Laforcade" and "de La Forcade") from the town of Orthez, in Béarn, is one of the oldest families of the province, with one of its members in the 12th century, figuring among those Lords of Béarn possessing fiefs and giving tithes to the church in Orthez. It always held rank at the Order of nobility of the Estates of Béarn, as evidenced in a 1656 judgment by the Court of Aids of Guyenne in Libourne. They served the Foix and Viscounts of Béarn during the English Wars; participated in the oversight of proofs and reviews of nobility during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, and continued into the 19th century providing France with governors, judges and distinguished military officers, many of whom were killed on the battlefield in the service of their country.
The family's nobility was reconfirmed in various judgments by the Intendants responsible for the royal administration of Béarn, by judgments of the Court of Aids (the Court of Appeals) of Guyenne and the French Conseil d'Etat. It was summoned to the General Assemblies of Nobility of Agen, and Bazas. It is inscribed in the roles of the Knights of Malta, the Order of Saint Louis, the Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle, the Knights of the Kingdom of Prussia's Order of Pour le Mérite, the Knights of the Iron Cross 2nd Class, the Knights of the Cross of the Royal Prussian Order of St. John Bailiwick of Brandenburg, and the Legion of Honor. Among the family's most notable representatives are a French Senator and government minister, two of the more famous 17th century Prussian Lieutenant Generals, and a German Supreme Court Judge and Member of Parliament in the German Reichstag.
Over the centuries, family branches and property holdings multiplied and expanded. Descendants of these noble branches could be found in Guyenne (Béarn and Bordeaux), Gascony (Agen, Armagnac, Bazas[ at the entrance to the Landes forest, the Brulhois) and in the Lannes. This article focuses on the most notable of these branches, all interconnected, and all of which trace their shared roots to the Forcade family in 15th century Orthez. They are: Forcade and La Forcade, from the communes that make up present day Orthez and from Bordeaux, from which the other noble family branches originate.
La Forcade de La Fitte and La Forcade de La Fitte-Juson in Béarn (Guyenne) and Armagnac (Gascony), two generations that connect the other noble family branches to the earliest verifiable authors in 14th century Guyenne (Orthez and Bordeaux)
Forcade de La Grézère and Forcade de La Roquette, in Guyenne.
Forcade de Biaix, in Béarn (Guyenne) and in Prussia, of which, the only surviving branch in 1922 was alleged to have been in Prussia.
La Forcade de Tauzia, La Forcade de la Prade, La Forcade de Martiné and La Forcade du Pin, in Gascony.
At different times throughout the family history other variations within these branches can be found, in particular those based on short-term property holdings.
There is much written about the family in the manuscripts of Hozier (1640–1732) and fr:Bernard Chérin (1718–1785). Pierre Jules de Bourrousse de Laffore provided an early detailed genealogy in Volume III of his Nobiliaire de Guienne et de Gascogne published in 1860, but this work also contains serious errors. Contemporary authors have also contributed incorrect and unsourced information, in addition to their own subjective misinterpretations of older published information, about the family. Among the incorrect, misinterpreted and unsourced information published are statements that the Forcade family of Orthez is extinguished, and that the main branches discussed in this article do not all originate from the same family in Orthez. These claims and opinions are not supported with factual data or source citations.
Some branches of the family were stripped of their nobility, and of their lands, titles and privileges, shortly before 1616, as the result of an alleged dérogeance committed by Jean de Laforcade, Seigneur de La Fitte-Juson, but restored to nobility forty years later through "letters of rehabilitation" in 1656.
In old Béarnese, the letters "f" and the "h" were used interchangeably. Any variations using the letter "h", such as Horcade (de), Hourcade (de), Horcada (de), Horquade (de), Horquada (de), Horcade (de la), Hourcade (de la), Lahorcade (de) and Lahourcade (de), can be considered as meaning the same.
The etymology of the word Forcade (also Hourcade), in the Béarnese dialect, means "oakwood" in English (French: bois de chêne.) Hourcade can also mean the quantity of straw (or other things) that one can pick up at one time with a pitchfork.
La Horcada in the Gascon dialect, means "oak forest" in English (French: forêt de chêne.)
There are three fiefs in Béarn that are called "Forcade". In the 1863 Topographical Dictionary of the Lower Pyrénées, these were "Fourcade", a fief in the commune of Lespielle-Germenaud-Lannegrasse, known as "La Forcade" in the Census of 1385 and "Forgade" c. 1540 during the territorial reform of Béarn. The second is "La Fourcade", a fief in the commune of Asson. The third is "La Fourcade-Meyrac", a fief in the commune of Pontacq. The latter was the only noble dynasty of "Forcade" identified in the Census of 1385 in Béarn.
In addition, there is a hamlet called Lahourcade, part of the commune of Monein. It is surrounded by Lagor to the north, Pardies to the east, Monein to the southeast, and Lucq-de-Béarn to the southwest. The toponym Lahourcade has taken many forms over the centuries. It appeared as Lo Casteg et la Mote de Pardies (1344), Laforcade de Pardies (1438), Laforcade deu Casterot de Pardies and Laforcada, in 1546 and 1572 respectively, during the territorial reform of Béarn, Lafourcade (1607), Sainte Agathe de Lahorcade (1678) and Lafforcade (1704). In 1385, Lahourcade had 48 feux and was a part of the Bailiwick of Lagor. Lahourcade is also the home of the Château Forcade.
The noble house of "de Forcade" (also "de Laforcade" and "de La Forcade") from the town of Orthez, in Béarn, is one of the oldest families of the province, with one of its members in the 12th century, figuring among those Lords of Béarn possessing fiefs and giving tithes to the church in Orthez. It always held rank at the Order of nobility of the Estates of Béarn, as evidenced in a 1656 judgment by the Court of Aids of Guyenne in Libourne. They served the Foix and Viscounts of Béarn during the English Wars; participated in the oversight of proofs and reviews of nobility during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, and continued into the 19th century providing France with governors, judges and distinguished military officers, many of whom were killed on the battlefield in the service of their country.
The family's nobility was reconfirmed in various judgments by the Intendants responsible for the royal administration of Béarn, by judgments of the Court of Aids (the Court of Appeals) of Guyenne and the French Conseil d'Etat. It was summoned to the General Assemblies of Nobility of Agen, and Bazas. It is inscribed in the roles of the Knights of Malta, the Order of Saint Louis, the Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle, the Knights of the Kingdom of Prussia's Order of Pour le Mérite, the Knights of the Iron Cross 2nd Class, the Knights of the Cross of the Royal Prussian Order of St. John Bailiwick of Brandenburg, and the Legion of Honor. Among the family's most notable representatives are a French Senator and government minister, two of the more famous 17th century Prussian Lieutenant Generals, and a German Supreme Court Judge and Member of Parliament in the German Reichstag.
Over the centuries, family branches and property holdings multiplied and expanded. Descendants of these noble branches could be found in Guyenne (Béarn and Bordeaux), Gascony (Agen, Armagnac, Bazas[ at the entrance to the Landes forest, the Brulhois) and in the Lannes. This article focuses on the most notable of these branches, all interconnected, and all of which trace their shared roots to the Forcade family in 15th century Orthez. They are: Forcade and La Forcade, from the communes that make up present day Orthez and from Bordeaux, from which the other noble family branches originate.
La Forcade de La Fitte and La Forcade de La Fitte-Juson in Béarn (Guyenne) and Armagnac (Gascony), two generations that connect the other noble family branches to the earliest verifiable authors in 14th century Guyenne (Orthez and Bordeaux)
Forcade de La Grézère and Forcade de La Roquette, in Guyenne.
Forcade de Biaix, in Béarn (Guyenne) and in Prussia, of which, the only surviving branch in 1922 was alleged to have been in Prussia.
La Forcade de Tauzia, La Forcade de la Prade, La Forcade de Martiné and La Forcade du Pin, in Gascony.
At different times throughout the family history other variations within these branches can be found, in particular those based on short-term property holdings.
There is much written about the family in the manuscripts of Hozier (1640–1732) and fr:Bernard Chérin (1718–1785). Pierre Jules de Bourrousse de Laffore provided an early detailed genealogy in Volume III of his Nobiliaire de Guienne et de Gascogne published in 1860, but this work also contains serious errors. Contemporary authors have also contributed incorrect and unsourced information, in addition to their own subjective misinterpretations of older published information, about the family. Among the incorrect, misinterpreted and unsourced information published are statements that the Forcade family of Orthez is extinguished, and that the main branches discussed in this article do not all originate from the same family in Orthez. These claims and opinions are not supported with factual data or source citations.
Some branches of the family were stripped of their nobility, and of their lands, titles and privileges, shortly before 1616, as the result of an alleged dérogeance committed by Jean de Laforcade, Seigneur de La Fitte-Juson, but restored to nobility forty years later through "letters of rehabilitation" in 1656.
