Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Knobelsdorff, pakutanga mukuru webhiza, akange agamuchira mibairo muSilesian Wars uye aive mutungamiri wemauto ehondo "Brunswick-Bevern" uye "von Schwarz". Muna 1776 akaitwa Inhaber wevarwi vevarwi "Stojentin", vakagara muStendal. Munguva yeHondo yeBavarian Succession akazviratidza semukuru wemauto muuto raMuchinda Henry. Mumushandirapamwe wokurwisa Holland muna 1787, akatungamirira boka riri kuruboshwe. Mutungamiriri wehondo panguva iyoyo akanga ari Ferdinand, Duke weBrunswick. Pakatanga hondo neFrance
Muna 1792, akaramba ari muStendal, apo chikwata chake chakabatanidzwa neuto raDuke weBrunswick. Zvisinei, apo mamiriro ehondo akaipisisa uye Duke akarwara uye aifanira kusiya masimba emubatanidzwa muna Kurume 1793; Knobelsdorff akatora chinzvimbo semukuru mukuru wemauto ePrussian. Muzhizha ra 1793 Knobelsdorff akasimudzirwa kuva Mukuru weVashandi uye akagamuchira kurumbidzwa kunokosha namambo. Muenzi wenguva dzose wechipiri, mukuru mukuru akasimudzirwa kuva Generalfeldmarschall muna 1798 uye achiri kutora chikamu mumitambo paPotsdam muna 1799.