Mariano Tristan

FT was born in Paris to Anne-Pierre Laisnay and Mariano de Tristan Moscoso .

When FT was four years old, her father Mariano de Tristan (a Peruvian aristocrat) died intestate, leaving questions about his daughter's legitimacy and her inheritance.

Anne-Pierre Laisnay was a refugee in Spain during the French Revolution. She met FT 's father, Mariano de Tristan , while in Spain and married him in a religious ceremony in Bilbao.

FT 's father, Mariano de Tristan , was a knight of the Order of Saint-James and a Colonel of Dragoons in the Spanish army.

Her uncle, an influential loyalist during Peru's struggle for independence from Spain, was the head of the Tristan family. As a child, FT had listened to her mother's romantic stories about her father's...

FT 's uncle, Pio de Tristan , acknowledged her as the daughter of his brother Mariano by granting her a payment of 2,500 francs.