 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Von Schmettau akaberekerwa muBerlin. Amai vake, Marie de la Fontaine, vaiva vemhuri yevaHuguenot. Baba vake vakafa muna 1707, semunyori weRoyal Prussian kumumiriri muLondon. Muna 1699, akabatana nemauto, uye akashanda pasi pemireza yakawanda panguva yebasa rake. Akatanga ari muDanish Cuirassier, achitungamirirwa nababamunini vake William. Muna 1703, akabatana neMargrave weAnspach Dragoons, semutevedzeri, uko mumwe babamunini, Gottlieb Schmettau, aive mukuru. Schmettau akawana rubhapatidzo rwake rwomoto paHondo yeBlenheim. Gare gare akava kaputeni uye mutungamiriri wekambani, uye akasimudzirwa kuva Major muna 1707, uye lieutenant colonel muna 1708. Akanga ari Adjutant General weMuchinda weHesse, paHondo yeMalplaquet. 