Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Stutterheim a Berlin a cikin Masarautar Prussia a ranar 6 ga Agusta 1770. An daukaka shi zuwa matsayin mai daraja na Freiherr a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1784. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Prussian Pour le Mérite a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1793. Wannan ya faru ne jim kadan bayan da
Yaƙin Pirmasens a ranar 14 ga Satumba, kodayake babu wata shaida da ta nuna cewa ya yi yaƙi a wannan aikin. A shekara ta 1798 ya same shi a cikin sojojin zaɓaɓɓen Saxony tare da matsayin Manjo. Ya yi murabus a ranar 28 ga Maris 1798 kuma ya shiga aiki tare da Austria a ranar 10 ga Janairu 1799. Austrians sun nada shi Manjo a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba 1799.