Leonardo da Vinci was born “in the third hour of the night” in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River, within the realm of the Medici-ruled Republic of Florence. He was the illegitimate son of a wealthy Florentine legal notary, Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, and a peasant named Caterina.
Leonardo had no surname in the contemporary sense, with “da Vinci” simply indicating “from Vinci”: his entire birth name was “Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci,” which translates as “Leonardo, (son) of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci.” Leonardo’s father was a gentleman, as indicated by the use of the term “ser.”
As mentioned by the Studylib Ser Guido di Ser Michele da Vinci was the great-great-grandfather of Leonardo da Vinci who lived in Vinci. He was a notary at Florence. Practising notary as a profession was a family tradition. His father and also his sons, Giovanni and Piero, took up this profession. Piero was the great-grandfather of Leonardo da Vinci and Antonio and Lucia were the grandparents of Leonardo. Lucia was born in 1393. Antonio did not continue the family tradition to take up the profession of notary. He was a farmer and landowner. Antonio and Lucia lived with their children Piero, Francesco and Violantein.
Leonardo and his father lived in the same house until they moved to Florence. Leonardo da Vinci was the first child of Ser Piero born in 1427. He continued the tradition of his family to work as a notary. Ser Piero didn’t marry Leonardo’s mother. He married his first wife Albierain the same year as Leonardo was born. Ser Piero had 4 wives, 7 sons and 2 daughters.
Catarina was the mother of Leonardo. She did not marry Ser Piero, the father of Leonardo. It is supposed that Leonardo spent his first years of childhood with Catarina in Anchiano. Catarina married some years after the birth of Leonardo a man from Vinci called Acattabriga di Piero di Luca.
Leonardo had numerous pals who are now well-known in their fields or for their historical importance. Among them was the mathematician Luca Pacioli, with whom he worked on the 1490s book Divina proportionate. Except for his friendship with Cecilia Gallerani and the Este sisters, Beatrice and Isabella, Leonardo does not appear to have had any close ties with women.
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