 His parents were Maximilien C.J.G.R van Renesse Breidbach and Berthe Walburge Francoise van Gruben.He was a grandson of Clement Wenceslas van Renesse Breidbach (1774-1833), who had sold the ancestral Castle of Renesse to Leonard du Bus de Gisignies.Camille married Countess Malvina de Kerchhove de Deterghem on 10 November 1868, daughter of Count Charles-Constant de Kerchhove de Deterghem (1819-1882) and Eugénie de Limon (1824-1899).