The Tree of Europe · Person

Leonardo da Vinci

Painter, engineer and investigator of nature who worked in Florence, Milan, Rome and France. His service to the Sforza, Cesare Borgia, the Medici and Francis I connects his artistic work with the courts and political networks of his time.

1452 – 1519Artist and engineerDa Vinci · ES

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Autorretrato atribuidoPresumed self-portraitLeonardo da Vinci · c. 1512Biblioteca Reale, TurínDominio público · PDM 1.0 · Source

This profile is translated. Names of dynasties and territories, picture credits and original documentary records retain their source language. Links marked ES open the Spanish edition.

Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 1452 Pending review

Death: 1519 Pending review

Role: Artist and engineer

Dynasty: Da Vinci · ES

Territories: Florencia (ES) · Milán (ES) · Romaña (ES) · Francia (ES)

Family network

Recorded relationships

Parents

Ser Piero da Vinci · ESPending review

Governments and documentary notes · Spanish original

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Evidence for this profile

3 recorded claims · 3 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (0/2 with a precise source)

BirthPending review
1452
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
DeathPending review
1519
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No individual review recorded ·

Family and relationships (0/1 with a precise source)

FatherPending review
Ser Piero da Vinci
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No individual review recorded ·

Editorial history

2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.