Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I ako ia ki te lycée Louis-le-Grand, kātahi ki l'Ecole polytechnique me l'Ecole militaire d'application i Metz. Whai muri i tana noho hei tuarua tuarua o te pu i te tau 1830, i uru ia ki te honore hoia i te wikitoria French o Algeria
He aha? I noho ia hei rangatira o Wīwī i te tau 1833.