Gherardini (Geraldini) relationship to FITZGERALD

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The Florentine historian , Gamurrini ("Istoria Genealogoca delle Famiglie Mobili Toscane ed Umbre." published Florence, 1671) gives a full account of the Gherardini family, as originating from Arezzo ( Arretium in Etruria) as far back as 800, and afterwards being at Siena, then in the Val d'Elsa, & finally settling in Florence.

He gives the descent as :

        A.D.   910   Rainerio

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        A.D.   950   Ramberto

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        A.D.   990   Rainerio

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        A.D.   1020  Gherardo.

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        A.D.   1050     Cece

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        A.D.   1090   Uguccione

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        A.D.   1120    Ottaviano.

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        A.D.   1150   Gherardino.

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        Cece      Ottaviano    Uguccione    Tommaso    Gherardo     Maurizio


In 1150 the Gherardino had 6 sons, of whom 3 Maurice, Thomas and Gerard