 He entered into the Prussian military service in 1802.He participated in the Napoleonic wars part, and was Lieutenant General and commander of the 27th Landwehr Regiment.On 18 December 1815, his father had transferred the Lordship of Kreppelhof (Grodztwo) in Silesia (today part of Kamienna Góra, Poland) to him in fideicommiss and majorat.