Lawyer in Toulouse, he was elected to the Estates General, he was then judge before the Court of Cassation of the Hautes Pyrénées . A conventional mountain dweller, he was president of the assembly during the king's trial. A member of the Committee of Public Safety, he played an important role in foreign affairs or the Navy. He is on good terms with Robespierre, but confronts him on 9 Thermidor. Accused of deportation just like Collot d'Herbois, he escapes with the help of the sans-culottes. He then goes unnoticed during the Consulate and the Empire and is on the list of regicides banished by Louis XVIII.
Born around April 2, 742, for Easter, probably in Quierzy, Charles was the eldest son of Pépin le Bref, king of the Franks. When his father dies, he must share the empire he inherits with his brother Carloman. He was anointed, along with his younger brother, by Pope Stephen II in 754. Following the