Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Armand Carrel i Rouen. Ko tana papa he kaihokohoko whai rawa, ana ka whiwhi ia i tetahi maatauranga maatauranga i te "Lycée Pierre Corneille" i Rouen, i muri mai ka haere ki te kura hoia i St Cyr. He nui te whakamihi ki a ia mo nga rangatira nui o Napoleon, a, ko tana wairua koreutu me ona tirohanga motuhake i tohu ia hei kaiarahi. Ka uru atu ia ki te ope taua hei kaitiaki tuarua, i uru muna ia engari he kaha ki te Whakanoho a Belfort kaore i angitu. I te pakarutanga o
i te pakanga ki Spain i te tau 1823, i whakarere a Carrel, ko ana whakaaro ki te kaupapa o te manawanui, a, i angitu ia ki te mawhiti ki Barcelona. I uru ia ki te ope ā iwi kē, a, i whawhai maia ia ki ana hoa o mua. I akiakihia te ope ki te tuku i te taha o Figueres, a ka mauheretia a Carrel e tana rangatira o mua, a Damas. He nui te uaua mo nga tikanga o tana tuku, a ko tetahi kaunihera o te pakanga i whakawakia a Carrel ki te mate. Kāore i mahia te whiu, ā, kāhore i roa ka whakawāteatia ia, ka tukuna.