Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Baraguey d'Hilliers a birnin Paris, ɗan ɗan juyin juya halin Faransa mai suna Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers. Ya yi karatu a Prytanée National Militaire kuma ya shiga Grande Armée. Baraguey d'Hilliers ya yi aiki a matsayin na biyu a yakin Rasha na 1812, kuma a 1813 ya kasance mai taimakawa ga Marshal Marmont a yakin Leipzig, inda ya rasa hannunsa na hagu. Ya zama kyaftin a 1815, ya yi yaƙi a Quatre Bras. A 1823, ya yi aiki a cikin
yaƙin neman zaɓe don dawo da ikon Bourbon a Spain, inda ya kasance har zuwa 1825.