He was the eldest son of Herrmann Hans von Wartensleben and his wife Elisabeth von Haxthausen. His father was lord of Güter Exten, as well as of Rinteln, Nordhold and Ottleben. He led the Wartensleben Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Blenheim. 1709 he became lord of the manor in Lichte (Wallendorf), Thuringian Highlands.