 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur akaberekerwa muVendôme, mudunhu reOrléanais, uye akadzidza kukoreji yeJesuit muBlois. Pashure porufu rwomukoma wake mukuru, akapinda muuto ravarwi vaifamba nemabhiza uye akashanda muBohemia, Bavaria, uye paRhine muHondo yokutevera Austria. Pakazosvika 1747, akanga awana chinzvimbo checolonel. Akatora rutivi muKukombwa kweMaastricht 1748uye akava gavhuna weVendôme muna 1749. Akazvizivisa muhondo yeMinorca 1756 pakatanga Hondo Yamakore Manomwe uye akasimudzirwa kuva Brigadier General wevarwi. Muna 1758, akarwa muGermany, kunyanya muhondo yeKrefeld uye muhondo yeClostercamp, achigamuchira maronda akawanda kuClostercamp. 