2 June 1744) and wife (m.1766) Francisca Antonia Gallegos (1751-1853).

Early years

Ferdinand de Lesseps was born November 19, 1805, in Versailles. He had a sister, Adélaïde de Lesseps (1803-1879), married to Jules Tallien de Cabarrus (19 April 1801 - 1870); and two brothers, Théodore de Lesseps (Cádiz, 25 September 1802 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 20 May 1874), married in 1828 to Antonia Denois (Paris,

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