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Da Vinci family
This article is about the Renaissance family. For other people with this name, see Da Vinci (disambiguation).

The Da Vinci family is an Italian family from Vinci, Tuscany.

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Da Vinci family
Florentine family
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Current region Tuscany
 Italy
 European Union
Place of origin Florentine Republic
Vinci, Tuscany
Founded1312; 713 years ago (1312)
FounderMichele Da Vinci
Current headPaolo Vinci (1935)
Connected familiesBuonfiglioli, Giulli, Cortigiani
Estate(s)Casa Leonardo
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Origins

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Casa Leonardo, the house where Leonardo da Vinci is believed to have grown up. It is situated alongside Via di Anchiano, 3 km north of Vinci, Tuscany, Italy
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Coat of arms of the da Vinci family found on the childhood house of Leonardo da Vinci

The name derives from Vinci, Tuscany, the place of origin of the family. Michele Da Vinci is considered to be the founder of the family. There is no evidence that Michele Da Vinci was a notary and no act stipulated by him is known. Michele Da Vinci probably was born in the 13th century or beginning of the 14th century. Michele Da Vinci probably died before 15 November 1331, as it emerges from a deed stipulated in November of that year in Vinci, by his son Guido, who was certainly born before 1331.

History

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Political map of Italy in the year in 1494.

Leonardo Da Vinci's grandfather Antonio and father Piero were notaries, and Antonio noted the birth of Leonardo in a notary book of the 14th century used as a collection of memories of the family, writing, "Nacque un mio nipote, figliolo di ser Piero mio figliolo a dì 15 aprile del 1452 in sabato a ore 3 di notte [according to the Gregorian calendar, the 23rd of April at 9:40 p.m.] Ebbe nome Lionardo." This notarial notebook originally belonged to Antonio's grandfather, Guido Da Vinci. The note continues: "Battizzollo prete Piero di Bartolomeo da Vinci, in presenza di Papino di Nanni, Meo di Tonino, Pier di Malvolto, Nanni di Venzo, Arigo di Giovanni Tedesco, monna Lisa di Domenico di Brettone, monna Antonia di Giuliano, monna Niccolosa del Barna, monna Maria, figlia di Nanni di Venzo, monna Pippa di Previcone". The register does not indicate Leonardo's place of birth, which is believed to be the house that Piero's family owned, together with a farm, in Anchiano, where Caterina Buonfiglioli (1436-1495), Leonardo's mother went to live. The house of Anchiano (see the picture) entered into the possessions of the Da Vinci family after the birth of Leonardo, thus he was not born there but in the village of Vinci and then he was with his mother near the church of San Pantaleo, now in ruins, outside Vinci.

Starting in the 17th century, the surname changed from Da Vinci to Vinci.

Film director Franco Zeffirelli was a descendant of Leonardo's father.[1][2]

In 2021, fourteen living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci's father were found in Italy.[3][4]

In 2025, the family is 713 years old and the current head of the family is Paolo Vinci (born 1935).

Family tree

Notable members

  • Michele da Vinci, the founder of the family, great-great-great grandfather of Leonardo da Vinci.[5][6][7][8]
  • Guido da Vinci (1331), great-great-grandfather of Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Piero da Vinci (1360–1417), great-grandfather of Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Antonio da Vinci (1393–1469), grandfather of Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Piero da Vinci (1426–1504), father of Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian polymath of the High Renaissance.
  • Giuliano da Vinci (1478–1525), son of Piero da Vinci.
  • Lorenzo da Vinci (1484), son of Piero da Vinci.
  • Domenico da Vinci (1486–1563), son of Piero da Vinci, the progenitor of the living descendants.
  • Pierino da Vinci (1530–1553), Italian sculptor, nephew of Leonardo da Vinci.

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