 She was the daughter of the lawyer, writer and amateur astronomer, Felix Eberty, professor at the University of Breslau and Mary Hasse.She grew up in Breslau where she studied in a French school and married Lieutenant Colonel Adolf von Bülow on 10 June 1876.The military career of her husband led them to live in different garrisons such as Hanover in 1893, Erfurt in 1896, Frankfurt Oder in 1900, Potsdam in 1902 and again from 1905 in Erfurt.