Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Sebottendorf na Luxembourg na Austrian Netherlands na 17 Julaị 1740 nke nne na nna Oberst (Colonel) Johann Moritz Sebottendorf van der Rose (d. 1760) na Maria Anna Bodek von Ellgau (d. 1791). Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ agha na Wiener-Neustadt Academy, ọ sonyeere ndị Austria "Waldeck" Infantry Regiment # 35 na 1758. Site n'oge nke
N'agha nke usoro ọchịchị Bavarian, ọ rịgoro n'ọkwa onye isi. N'afọ 1779, a gbara ya ajụjụ ọnụ ma kwuo na ọ bụghị onye ụjọ. E buliri ya n'ọkwa Major n'afọ 1784, Oberst-Leutnant n'ọnwa Machị 1787, na Oberst n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1787.