Genealogical History of the Noble Families Fr Om Tuscany and Umbria Recounted by D
A few days ago, our common friend and Guadagni historian Henri Guignard, from Boutheon, Lyon, France, has sent me by email an old book written in 1668, 202 years before Passerini’s book, on the history and genealogy of the noble families of Tuscany in 17th century Italian, with many pages on the history of the Guadagni. It is a fascinating document, starting to relate the family history before the year 1000, so more than a century before Passerini, and I will start translating it hereafter. GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE NOBLE FAMILIES FR OM TUSCANY AND UMBRIA RECOUNTED BY D. Father EUGENIO GAMURRINI Monk from Cassino, Noble from Arezzo, Academic full of passion, Abbot, Counselor and Ordinary Alms Giver OF HIS VERY CHRISTIAN MAJESTY LOUIS XIV, KING OF FRANCE AND OF NAVARRE, Theologian and Friend of HIS VERY SEREINE HIGHNESS COSIMO III Prince of Tuscany dedicated to the SAME HIGHNESS, FIRST VOLUME IN FLORENCE, In Francesco Onofri’s Printing House. 1668. With license of the Superiors. Louis XIV, King of France, known as the Sun King, 1638-1715 Cosimo III, Granduke of Tuscany, 1642-1723 Cosimo III as a child (left) and as a young man (right) THE GUADAGNI FAMILY FROM FLORENCE The Guadagni Family is so ancient and has always been so powerful in wealth and men that some people believe that they could originate from the glorious family of the Counts Guidi, as the latter owned many properties in proximity of the large fiefs of the former; however, after having made all the possible researches, we were unable to prove this hypothesis; on the other hand, we can confortably prove that they originate from families now extinct; to illustrate this opinion we will now tell everything we found.
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