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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 ...
Leonardo was born to unmarried parents on 23–24 April 1452 (Old System: 15 April 1452), "at the third hour of the night", [4] in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of the Republic of Florence.
Leonardo Da Vinci's baptism record. Leonardo da Vinci, properly named Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci [b] ("Leonardo, son of ser Piero from Vinci"), [9] [10] [c] was born on 15 April 1452 in, or close to, the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, 20 miles from Florence.
Fortune is a River: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream of Changing the Course of Florentine History (online notes for Chapter 6). Free Press via Dartmouth College (dartmouth.edu). ISBN 0-684-84452-4. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Müntz, Eugène (1898). Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist, Thinker and Man of ...
Had one legitimate daughter (the only Valois grandchild of his parents) who died young. Henry III, King of France: September 19, 1551: August 2, 1589: Married Louise of Lorraine on 15 February 1575. Had no issue. Briefly King of Poland in 1574. Margaret of France: May 14, 1553: March 27, 1615: Known as "Queen Margot".
Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi (1491–1570), was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy.He became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and remained as his closest friend and professional assistant throughout his career.
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Cesare Borgia briefly employed Leonardo da Vinci as a military architect and engineer between 1502 and 1503. Cesare provided Leonardo with an unlimited pass to inspect and direct all ongoing and planned construction in his domain. [26] While in Romagna, Leonardo built the canal from Cesena to the Porto Cesenatico. [27]