Family and Early Career
Born in Strasbourg, son of Frantz Jacob Wurmser von Vendenheim, christened in Protestant church Saint Nicolas (Ref. Church Register), in Alsatia, Wurmser first served in the French army during the early campaigns of the Silesian Wars as a cavalry officer under command of Marshal Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise. In 1747, he was promoted to Captain of Cavalry.
He married on 25 January 1761 in Vendenheim (Département du Bas-Rhin) Sophia Henrietta Rosina Juliana von und zu der Thann. She died at the age of 39 years in Trautenau (Bohemia) on 27 June 1772 as a consequence of childbirth, and was buried in Michelsdorf (Schlesien)(Ref. Protestant Church Book of Sundhouse, and that of Vendenheim).
In 1750, when his father left Alsace and became a Habsburg subject, Wurmser too left French service and joined the House of Habsburg military. He brought with him the legions he commanded from France. As part of the imperial Austrian army, he participated in the last years of the continental war, sometimes called the Little War, so called, because it did not involve three of the five great powers involved. In these engagements against the Prussians, he showed exceptional command capabilities and a wily and courageous attitude. On 30 January 1761, Emperor Francis I raised him to comital status of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Two years later, Archduke Charles of Lothringen, the Statthalter of Netherlands, known as an audacious partisan collected his volunteers—a regiment each of Infantry and Hussars, with an artillery company—and joined Austrian service.
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