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Forcade (de), also written Forcade (de la), Fourcade (de) and Fourcade (de la), belongs to the nobility of Guyenne in France. ==History== The house of ''"de Forcade"'' 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 States of Béarn, as evidenced in a 1656 judgment by the Court of Aids of Guyenne (discussed below). They served the Counts of Foix and Béarn during the English Wars; participated during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, in the oversight of proofs and reviews of nobility; and later continued into the 19th century providing France with governors of jurisdictions, judges and distinguished military officers, many of whom were killed on the battlefield in the service of their country.〔O'Gilvy, Tome 3, Page 169 ((in French) )〕 The family's nobility was reconfirmed through numerous judgments by the stewards responsible for the royal administration (''"les intendents"'') 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, Bazas and Condom; it is inscribed in the roles of the Knights of Malta, the Order of Saint Louis and the Legion of Honor; lastly, it also counted a notable French Senator and government minister among its representatives.〔 The ''Seigneur de Forcade'', ''Seigneur de Baylens'' and ''Seigneur de Cando'' were three Béarnais Lords, who, circa 1170, gave the tithes of the parish of Castétarbe, in Orthez, to Guillaume-Bertrand, Bishop of Dax, son of ''Bertrand, Viscount de Labour'' and brother of Viscounts Pierre and Arnaud.〔 Over the centuries that followed, family branches based on property holdings multiplied and expanded. The most notable of these branches were: * de Forcade and de Forcade de la Grézère et de la Roquette, in Guyenne〔Chaix d'Est-Ange, Tome 18, Page 310 ((in French) )〕 * de la Forcade de Tauzia et du Pin, in Gascony〔Chaix d'Est-Ange, Tome 18, Page 313 ((in French) )〕 * de Forcade de Biaix, of which, the only surviving branch in 1922 was said to have been in Prussia〔Chaix d'Est-Ange, Tome 18, Page 315 ((in French) )〕 At different times throughout the family history, other variations within these branches are observed, including: * ''de Forcade'', Co-Lords ''de Castettarbe'' (Castétarbe) in Orthez in the 12th century〔 * ''de Forcade'', Nobles, Gentlemen, Squires, Knights and Lords ''de la Grézère, la Roquette, la Tour-Catsies (la Tour de Gassies), Sauroux, Saint-Genest, Caubeyran, Lastranencq, Romatet, la Bassane, etc.''〔 * ''de la Forcade'', Lords ''de la Prade, Martiné, du Pin''〔 * ''de Forcade'', Lords ''du Grand-Tauzia''〔 The earliest verifiable author of all ''"de Forcade"'' family lines was noble ''Jean de Forcade'', Squire, First Jurat of Orthez, born about 1440, who made his testament 21 July 1505, and, who cited in this act, his wife ''Radegonde d'Ezpeleta'', his four sons, ''François, Gaston, Arnaud'' and ''Raymond'', as well as ''Guionne de Couso'' (de Cousseau), wife of the second son, ''Gaston'', from who all ''de Forcade'' family lines are said to descend. A judgment of the Court of Aids (''the Court of Appeals'') of Guyenne on 27 May 1656 found that ''Jean de Forcade'', Squire, First Jurat of Orthez, whose parentage was established by title to the appealing party's representatives, possessed fiefs in Béarn and Bordeaux and that his family had been among the important families of Bordeaux since the reign of Louis XII of France, at which time the family was already in possession of the ''Tour de Catsies'' (Gassies Tower), built on the walls of Bordeaux (from which hence the street name ''Rue de la Tour de Gassies'' originates). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forcade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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