His father was a royal official of the Périgord region and his mother was the sister of the president of the Bordeaux Parlement (assembly of lawyers).
وكان والده مسؤول الأسرة المالكة في منطقة Périgord ووالدته كانت شقيقة رئيس برلمان بوردو (تجمع المحامون).