His father, Monsieur Charles Denis Bartolome Bovary, retired assistant-surgeon-major, compromised about 1812 in certain conscription scandals, and forced at this time to leave the service, had taken advantage of his fine figure to get hold of a dowry of sixty thousand francs that offered in the person of a hosier's daughter who had fallen in love with his good looks.
Atyja: Bovary Károly Dénes Bertalan ur, hajdan al-ezredorvos volt, de az 1812-iki katona-állitás alkalmával valami kellemetlen ügybe keveredett, s e miatt kénytelen volt szolgálatát elhagyni. Szerencséjére a csinos emberek közé tartozott, s fel tudta használni ezt a jótulajdonságát.