D'Hoffschmidt was born at
Recogne on 7 March 1804, the youngest of his parents' six children. In June 1830, he became a member of the provincial assembly of Luxembourg, where he was an advocate for independence from the Netherlands. He then married Eugénie de Steenhault, daughter of the provincial governor of Luxembourg, with whom he had two sons and two daughters. He was elected to the
Senate in
1867, but lost his seat in
1870. ==Honours==