Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Sue ki Paris. Ko ia te tama a te tohunga taatai rongonui i roto i te ope a Napoleon, a Jean-Joseph Sue, a ko Empress Joséphine tana whaea tapu. I mahi a Sue ano hei taote i roto i te
1823 French pakanga i Spain me i te Pakanga o Navarino i te 1827. I te 1829, i te matenga o tona papa, ka riro i a ia tetahi taonga nui, a ka noho ia ki Paris.