Punishing the popular revolt of 15 September 1841 at Clermont-Ferrand, many people demanded his promotion but this was refused by Louis-Philippe of France due to his belonging to an Ultra-royalist family. A candidate for the deputation of 1848, he was not elected, though he rose to colonel in 1851. In the Italian campaign he was chef d’état-major of the Motte-Rouge division of the 2nd Army Corps under the orders of Mac-Mahon. He was wounded in the fighting at Turbigo, then at the battle of Magenta.