baudelaire was born in paris, france on april 9, 1821 and baptized two months later at saint-sulpice roman catholic church.his father, françois baudelaire, a senior civil servant and amateur artist, was thirty-four years older than baudelaire's mother. françois died during baudelaire's childhood, in 1827.

the following year, caroline married lieutenant colonel jacques aupick, who later became a french ambassador to various noble courts. Biographers have often seen this as a crucial moment, considering that finding himself no longer the sole focus of his mother's affection left him with a trauma which goes some way to explaining the excesses later apparent in his life. ,

يلاحظ من هذه السيرة انه عانى الكثير جدا في طفولته المبكرة حيث كان والده يكبر امه باربعة وثلاثين عاما وبعد موت والده عام 1827 ( حين كام في سن السادسه ) تزوجت امه وابتعد عنها حيث درس في مدراس داخليه. ويشير كتاب السيرة بأن زواج امه كان له اثرا مأساويا عليه بعد ان تحول اهتمامها عنه. وهو حتما ما يفسر التعقيد في اشعاره وعدم فهم الناس لها لانها انعكاس لالم رهيب كان يتفجر في اركان عقله وولد طاقات هائلة جعلته فذا عبقريا حتما.