Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa mumhuri yakakurumbira muMartignano muSalento, ipapo chikamu cheUmambo hweNaples. Baba vake vakanga vari Carlo Antonio Palmieri, 3rd marquis weMartignano. Akadzidza muLecce asati atamira kuNaples uko akambundira basa rehondo muna 1734. Akakwira kuva lieutenant colonel. Akarwisana nevaAustria paMessina muna 1734 uye paHondo yeVelletri
muna 1744. Paaiva muNaples akadzidzawo uzivi uye hupfumi pasi paAntonio Genovesi, mumwe wevanonyanya kududzira vanyori veEuropean Age of Enlightenment, achidzidzawo chiLatin, chiFrench nechiGerman. Muna 1752 akagadzwa kuva lieutenant colonel. Muna 1761 akabudisa bhuku rake rinonzi "Critical Reflections on the Art of War", iro rakamufadza zvikuru. Bhuku racho rakatorumbidzwa naFrederick II, mambo wePrussia.