Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mohiotia a Charles ko te Count of Harcourt-Elbeuf i te wa e ora ana tona papa; mai i te 1650, i whakaingoatia e ia ko te "prince d'Harcourt", ko te rohe o Harcourt tetahi o nga taitara tuarua o tona papa. I mahi ia i Itari (1641) me Picardy (1642) i raro i te whakahau a tona matua keke a Henri, Count of Harcourt. I whai wāhi nui a Charles ki te Pakanga Toru tekau Tau; i a ia me "le Grand Condé" (i te wa o te Duke o Enghien) i te wikitoria rongonui i Rocroi i te tau 1643. I uru hoki a Charles ki nga pakanga i Thionville me Sierck, tae atu ki te whakapae o Gravelines (1644); i whawhai ia i te
Ko te Pakanga o Nördlingen (1645) me Trier.