Birth Name: Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Date of Birth: April 15, 1452
Place of Birth: Vinci, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Date of Death: May 2, 1519
Place of Death: Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Ethnicity: Italian
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath. He is renowned worldwide for his paintings the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Leonardo was the son of Caterina and Ser Piero da Vinci (Piero Fruosino di Antonio Vinci).
Leonardo’s mother’s identity is unclear. Some scholars have speculated that she may have been a slave, possibly from Turkey or the Middle East.
Leonardo’s paternal grandparents were Antonio Vinci (the son of Ser Guido di Ser Michele da Vinci) and Lucia Zosi Bacchereto (the daughter of Ser Piero di Zoso da Bacchereto).
Italian researchers have discovered that Oscar-nominated film director Franco Zeffirelli is related to Leonardo, through the marriage between Michelangelo di Tommaso Corsi, an ancestor of Zeffirelli, and Teresa Alessandra Giovanna di Ser Antonio Giuseppe Da Vinci, a descendant of Leonardo’s father.
Sources: Genealogies of Leonardo da Vinci – https://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
Information about Franco Zeffirelli’s relation to Leonardo Da Vinci – http://www.ilgiornale.it
https://www.theguardian.com
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