Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a gidan danginsa, Friedersdorf, kusa da Seelow, gundumar Küstrin; †ya shiga rundunar sojan doki Gensdarmes yana da shekaru 17 kuma an daukaka shi zuwa kwamandan a tsawon shekaru. A cikin
Ya jagoranci rundunarsa tare da bambanci kuma an inganta shi zuwa manyan. Har ma an ba shi lambar yabo mafi girma na Prussia, Pour le Mérite. A yakin Hochkirch ya yi yaƙi kuma ya jagoranci sojojinsa cikin nasara. Kusa da ƙarshen Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai, sojojin Prussian sun ci nasara da zaɓaɓɓen gidan farautar Saxonys, Hubertusburg, kusa da Leipzig.