Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa mumhuri yaitonga muMartignano muSalento, yaimbova 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. Akarwa navaAustria paMessina muna 1734 uye pa
Hondo 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.