Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cluseret akaberekwa musi wa 13 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 shanduko yaFebruary ya1848.
, 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.