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The da Vinci Family

The Sforza and the Aragonese

Muzio Attendolo Sforza

Francesco Sforza

Bianca Maria Visconti

Lodovico Maria il Moro Sforza

Galeazzo Maria Sforza

Ippolita Maria Sforza

Caterina Sforza

Gian Galeazzo II. Maria Sforza

Isabella of Aragon

Ferrante of Naples

Alfonso II. of Naples

Ferrandino of Naples

Leonardo da Vinci


Born on:

15. April 1452


Deceased on:

2. May 1519


Father:

Ser Piero da Vinci (1424-1504)


Mother:

Caterina or Chateria, probably a slave, with whom Leonardo's father had a short love affair; she married Achattabriga di Piero del Vaccha in 1457


Half-siblings:

from the third marriage of his father to Marguerita di Francesco di Jacopo di Guglielmo (1458 - c. 1486):

  1. his half-brother Antonio, born in 1476
  2. his half-sister Maddalena, born and deceased in 1477
  3. his half-brother Giuliano, born in 1479
  4. his half-brother Lorenzo, born in 1484
  5. his half-sister Violanta, born in 1485
  6. his half-brother Domenico, born in 1486
  7. from the fourth marriage of his father to Lucrezia di Guglielmo Cortigiani (1464-after 1520):

  8. his half-sister Margherita, born in 1491
  9. his half-brother Benedetto, born in 1492
  10. his half-brother Pandolfo, born in 1494
  11. his half-brother Guglielmo, born in 1496
  12. his half-brother Bartolomeo, born in 1497
  13. his half-brother Giovanni, born in 1498

Spouse:

Isabella of Aragon (1470-1524), Duchess of Milan (clandestine marriage around 1495/96)


Children:

two sons and three daughters: Francesco, born around 1496/97, Giovanna, born in 1502, Maria, born in 1503, Antonio, born in 1506, and Isabella, born around 1509; his eldest daughter Giovanna of Aragon (1502-1575) was a well known celebrity in her time


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