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Groups

Boni

Alternate Names

  • Boni Banchieri
  • Boni del Drago
  • Boni del Leone
  • Buoni

Heraldry Information

1. Partito di rosso e d'azzurro, al leone attraversante d'argento, i.e.
Per pale gules and azure, a lion rampant argent, i.e.
A shield vertically divided with red on the left and blue on the right, superimposed with a silver lion

2. Idem, il leone caricato di uno scudetto di rosso sovraccaricato di un giglio d'oro, i.e.
Per pale gules and azure, a lion rampant argent, charged with an escutcheon gules charged with a fleur-de-lis Or, i.e.
A shield vertically divided with red on the left and blue on the right, superimposed with a silver lion bearing a small reTd shield with a gold fleur-de-lis

Group Type a
Held One or More Priorates? yes
Year of First Priorate 1442
Year of Last Priorate 1529
Total Priorates Held 12
Ceramelli Number 847
Branded Magnate? no
Malespini Lineage no
Dante Lineage no
Villani Lineage no
Molho Rank High Status
Padgett Rank Medici-era, 1434-1493
Padgett Lineage yes
Litchfield Lineage yes
Database ID 234

Family Members (34 total)

Memorials (8 total)

S. Leo 2 Altare della Famiglia de Boni
S. Maria Novella 011.1 Cappella de Bardi poi da Castagnuolo
circa 1440s (date is approximate) to 1486
S. Maria Novella 011.2 Cappella di S. Giovanni Apostolo et Evangelista de Boni
circa 1440s (date is approximate) to 1486
S. Maria Novella 208 lapida di Piero di Jacopo di Bartolo Boni
S. Maria Novella 468.2 tomb of Bono di Giovanni Boni
S. Michele in Borgo tomb of Bono d'Antonio Boni and his descendants
S. M. Maggiore 09.2 Cappella de Boni
from about 1600 to present
S. M. Maggiore 29 lastrone di Leonardo Boni

Related Individuals (4 total)

Acciaiuoli, Caterina (uxor Andrea di Giovanni Boni, poi Jacopo Pandolfini)
Bardi, Argentina di Giovanni dei conti di Vernio (uxor Sen. Giovanni d'Andrea Boni)
Cecca (uxor Jacopo di Bartolo Boni)
Lena (uxor Giovanni di Bartolo Boni)

Related Groups (1 total)

Michelozzi (family) b

Notes

  • [a] The Boni appeared in Carlo Strozzi's list of families omitted by Verino.
  • [b] Having no sons, Senator Giovanni d'Andrea Boni left his patrimony to his Michelozzi grandchildren via his daughter Lucrezia. After this, the family used the name Michelozzi Boni.