Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Cluseret akaberekwa musi wa13 June 1823 muSuresnes, Hauts-de-Seine. Muna 1841 akapinda muchikoro chechiuto cheSaint-Cyr, uye akagadzwa muuto reFrance muna 1843. Akaitwa kaputeni wechikwata chechi23 cheMobile Guard zvichitevera
February Revolution ya 1848, uye akabatanidzwa mukudzvinyirirwa kweJune Days Uprising iyo yakazoita kuti awane ruvengo mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzezvematongerwe enyika. Kutsigira kwake kuratidzira kwevanopesana naBonapartist musi wa 29 Ndira 1849 kwakamuona achidzikiswa kubva pakutungamira bhata regondo rake, uye akatizira kuLondon mushure mekubvuta kwaDecember 1851 kwaLouis-Napoléon Bonaparte.