Cosimo Raniero di Gherardini 1st Duke of Florence

• Preferred Name: Cosimo Raniero di Gherardini 1st Duke of Florence^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Christening: 870 in Florenz, Firenze, Toscana, Italien at LATI: N3.7708 LONG: E1.2554
  
• Birth: 870 in Florenz, Firenze, Toscana, Italien at LATI: N3.7708 LONG: E1.2554
  
• Death: 955 in Florenz, Firenze, Toscana, Italien at LATI: N3.7708 LONG: E1.2554 with note: see URL in source section
  
• FSID: 9WCW-KL3
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The Gherardini family was an important noble family in Florence with ancient origins. In the Middles Ages, the family were liege lords in Chianti and Val d’Elsa. They moved into Florence in the 10th century and participated at the apex of the city’s political life, as well as in the conflicts between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. This Florentine family has the distinction that the famous Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci was a Gherardini. Her name was Mona Lisa Gherardini, given in marriage to Del Giocondo; thus, the painting is often called La Gioconda in reference to her married name.
  
  The Italian historian Gammurini, says "the Gherardi were among the most ancient and wealthy families of Tuscany in 900 A.D." Family legend states that Anaes, a survivor of the siege of /troy, wandered for seven years after its overthrow, until he came to what was then called Latium, (now Italy). He brought with him his father and small son Ascanius, for whom the province of Tuscany is named. Anaes married the daughter of King Turnus of Latium, who was killed in battle. Anaes succeeded him as king of Latium and divided his lands among his descendants. To Gherardo, he gave the land of He/truria, where Florence now stand.
  
  Extra info from a duplicate person:
  
  From Bartlett's Quotations Cosmus, Duke of Florence, was wont to say of perfidious friends, that"We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read tha twe ought to forgive our friends." The first date we have in the family history is 910 A.D. when one Raniero (Rainier?) was living. The Italian historian Gammurini, says "the Gherardi were among the most ancient and wealthy families of Tuscany in 900 A.D." Family legend states that Anaes, a survivor of the siege of /troy, wandered for seven years after it’s overthrow, until he came to what was then called Latium, (now Italy). He brought with him his father and small son Ascanius, for whom the province of Tuscany is named. Anaes married the daughter of King Turnus of Latium, who was killed in battle. Anaes succeeded him as king of Latium and divided his lands among his descendants. To Gherardo, he gave the land of He/truria, where Florence now stands. The family flourished until the year 1125. Then, during a political upheaval, the patrician families were driven into exile. In order to remain in Florence, the Gherardini renounced their patrician rank and became mere citizens. Later they were restored to their ancient honors, became very wealthy, and served the Republic of Florence both in the senate and on the battlefield. Three were Consuls of the Republic; others died as leaders of the Republican armies in the many civil wars. Confiscations and losses during the civil wars impoverished the Gherardini, and they also suffered much by the des/truction of their property in the great fire of Florence in 1303. From the 14th century onwards they seem to have played a smaller part in the history of Florence. At different times, between 1000 and 1400, individuals of the family emigrated, passing into France, England, Wales, Ireland, Cracow and the Canary Islands. Those who stayed in Florence became extinct, as did those in France and Cracow. It is pleasant to record that the Gherardini of Florence and the Irish "Geraldines" did not lose touch with each other. There are records of visits back and forth until the late 1500's.
  
  The Gherardinis
  The Gherardinis Mona Lisa Gherardini sprang from a house whose beginnings, so say the legends, go back to the days of /troy. Definite records take us back well over a thousand years, and suppose that
  
  === Sources: Ancestors and Desc of Hugh Harr ===
  Sources: Ancestors and Desc of Hugh Harry & Eliz Brinton Welsh Founders of PA Magna Charta Barons Guide to Castles in Britain Intelligent Trav Guide to Historic Britain Plantagenet Ancestors Dict National Biography Dict of Landed Gentry - Wynn of Peniarth
  
  === The Gherardi were among the most ancient ===
  The Gherardi were among the most ancient and wealthy families in Tuscany. The family flourished until 1125, when political upheaval drove the family to renounce their rank and become exiles.

• m. in Florenz, Firenze, Toscana, Italien

1. Mathias Gherardini, b. 900 in Florenz, Firenze, Toscana, Italien     d. 966 in Florenz, Firenze, Toscana, Italien

1. Title: Genie.com; research for the First Duke of Florence
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cosimo Cosmus di Gherardini First Great Duke of Tuscany -
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cosimo Cosmus di Gherardini First Great Duke of Tuscany - Church record: birth: about 0955; Firenze, Italy
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4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cosimo Cosmus di Gherardini First Great Duke of Tuscany - Published information: birth: about 0950; Fiesole, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy
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5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cosimo Cosmus di Gherardini First Great Duke of Tuscany -
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