Dohna-Schlobitten was born at Finckenstein (today Kamieniec, Poland) to Friedrich Alexander Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1741–1810) and Caroline née Finck von Finckenstein (1746–1825).
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In early 1680, Grumbkow acquired the Petit Palais in Niederschönhausen from Countess Sophie Theodore zu Dohna-Schlobitten.
Dohna-Schlobitten was born at his family's estate of Schlobitten (today Słobity, Poland) to Friedrich Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1741–1810) and Caroline née Finck von Finckenstein (1746–1825).