Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Luxembourg zuwa dangin mashahuri na Huguenot, François ya fallasa rayuwar soja tun yana ƙarami. Mahaifinsa ya kasance janar na Prussian kuma kwamandan rundunar. An kashe shi a cikin aikin jagorancin mutanensa a lokacin yakin Spicheren.
a ranar 6 ga watan Agusta 1870.