Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Filippo Paulucci delle Roncole a cikin ɗayan sanannun ma'auratan masarauta na Modena: dangin mahaifinsa, Giuseppe Paulucci delle Roncole, sun riƙe taken mulkin mallaka na Vignola, Cividale da Roncole tun 1768 kuma sun ƙaura daga Perugia zuwa Modena a 1753. Mahaifiyarsa, Claudia Scutellari, ita ce 'yar ɗayan dangin masu daraja na Parma, tare da alaƙar jini da kotun Spain. Filippo shi ne na biyar daga cikin 'ya'yansu takwas, kuma an yarda da shi fiye da shafukan Sarkin Sardinia bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa a 1785. Wannan matsayin ya ba shi damar shiga manyan sojoji na Masarautar Sardinia. A shekara ta 1792 Masarautar ta shiga cikin
yaƙi da Faransa, kuma a cikin 1794 Paulucci, wanda aka nada mataimakin laftanan a cikin 2nd Battalion of the Guards, an tura shi zuwa layin gaba. An kama shi a cikin aiki a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, an sake shi bayan musayar fursunoni a ranar 7 ga Mayu. Ya ci gaba da yaƙi da Faransawa, har sai da aka kama shi a Mondovì lokacin da garin ya mika wuya ga sojojin Faransa, amma daga baya aka sake shi bayan kwana shida bayan yarjejeniyar Armistice na Cherasco. Bayan mamayar Faransa na Turin, ya kalubalanci wani jami'in Faransa wanda ya yi shakkar jaruntakar sojojin Piedmontese. Tun da yake an hana yin faɗa, aka kama Paulucci aka kuma yanke masa hukuncin sati uku a kurkuku. A ranar 19 ga Nuwamba, 1796, an ba shi mukamin kyaftin kuma sarki ya 'yantar da shi daga rantsuwar amincinsa, wanda ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Knight's Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice da Li'azaru saboda amincin da ya nuna.