 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Knyphausen aibva kuLütetsburg, East Frisia. Akadzidza basa rake mubasa reDutch pasi paMaurice weOrange, achisimuka kusvika pachinzvimbo chekaputeni muna 1603. Gare gare akashumira Hanseatic League, ipapo Protestant Union. Mumakore ekuma1620, Hondo Yamakore Makumi Matatu payakatendeukira kumaPurotesitendi, Knyphausen yakava nerombo rakaipa rekuti kakawanda yaive parutivi rwunokundwa, ichiona kukundwa paHöchst Hondo 1622 uye muhondo yeStadtlohn 1623. Pashure pehondo yokupedzisira iye akapomerwa kupandukira uye akatongerwa rufu, bedzi kuchenurwa. Akarwa pasi paErnst von Mansfeld paHondo yeDessau Bridgemuna 1626, asi akabatwa. Muna 1628 panguva yokukombwa kweLa Rochelle, akapinda mubasa reEngland ndokusimudza mauto, panguva yokuedza kwokupedzisira kwechiNgezi kusabudirira kubvisa nhare yeHuguenot. 