Career
He was also knight and lord. Nominated by the Compagnie des Îles de l"Amérique, he bought the islands him. He became, by a royal proclamation dated August 1645, the first of the island judicial officer
He is named Marquis de Guadeloupe by Louis XIV. In order to secure the site and solidify its grip on the population, he built Fort Saint-Charles (Fort Delgrès) in 1650.
Despite the 1640 peace treaty between Indians and France, clashes with the Caribbean continue. On 31 March 1660, Charles Houël signed a treaty with the Caribbean.
Caribbean abandon the majority of the island to the French and retreat to the island of Dominica. However, a small number of Indians refuge north and east of Grande-Terre (pointes de la Grande-Vigie et des Châteaux, Anse-Bertrand).
Charles Houël founded the town of Basse-Terre in 1649.
He gave his name to Houëlmont, one of the highest mounts in the Caribbean. Created by Colbert in August 1664, the French West India Company has to the monopoly for exploitation of sugar islands and main task the acquisition of the island of Guadeloupe to Houël to re-establish the royal authority. Charles Houël was also Lord of Varennes, Lord of Petit-Pré, Knight and Baron Morainville.