Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai i Luxembourg ki tetahi whanau rangatira o Huguenot, i whakaatuhia a François ki te oranga hoia mai i te wa o te tamarikitanga. Ko tōna pāpā he hōia Prussian, he rangatira o te Rōpū Whakamana o te Ao. I mate ia i te pakanga e ārahi ana i ana tangata i te Pakanga o Spicheren
i te 6 o Akuhata 1870.