Born in Zuidlaren, in the north east of the Netherlands, he was the second son of Sigismund Pieter Alexander, Imperial Count van Heiden, Lord of Reinestein and Laarwoud, Drost of Drenthe, and Marie Frederique baroness Van Reede.
He was born in Zuidlaren. This was in the north east of the Netherlands. He was the second son of Sigismund Pieter Alexander. He was the second son of Imperial Count van Heiden. He was the second son of Lord of Reinestein and Laarwoud. He was the second son of Drost of Drenthe. He was the second son of Marie Frederique baroness Van Reede.