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• Name	, Gherardini
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I70117	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Children	+ 1. GHERARDINI, Sir Dominius Otho ,   b. 5 Oct 1006, Tuscany, Italy Tuscany, Italyd. 1057, Staines, Middlesex, England (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F33606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Medieval Bendings - Gherardini- Bending Pedigree Ref: http://www.jbending.demon.Countyuk/agherard.htm Medieval Bending - The Gherardini and 'Other' Connections Ref: http://www.jbending.demon.Countyuk/aclement.htm The name Bending is derived from a manor, held by the family in the twelfth century. Early spellings are the same, variously, Bending, Bendings, Bendeng, Bendenges, Bendig and Bendyn. That these are errors in transcription is shown by reversion to Bending in subsequent generations early in the family history. Later these variations in spelling persist, and in the Eastern counties of England, the name becomes Bendish or Bendyche. The early Bendings were members of the Norman family, the Windsors, descendants of the Gherardini of Florence. The first of these to come to England was Dominus Other, who was present at the court of King Edward the Confessor, from about 1056. This man through his son Walter, was the founder of both the Windsor and the Fitzgerald families. The preposition 'de' can refer to an hereditary origin, a place of birth, a manor or town where an individual has a dwelling, or where he performs a particular duty. It is important to realize that, in early days, family names were not constant; thus Walter fitz Other's son is William de Windsor, and his three sons are: William de Windsor, Stephen de Bending and Hugh de Horsley. It is also possible for a man to have different names in different parts of the country. Where a family name becomes ...blished over several generations, it usually passes from the father, so there are many instances where a mother's name is used, in order to gain some advantage. (Other (probably first name, Dominus) Other, whose name is sometimes spelled, Othere or Otho, was a member of the Florentine family, the Gherardini. He came to the court of King Edward the Confessor in about 1056, ten years before the Norman Conquest of England. It is likely that he came via Normandy, taking advantage of Edward's encouragement towards Norman visitors, and may have made the Norman connection during William's Campaigns in Italy and Sicily, during the first half of the eleventh century. It seems probable that he was well known to Wiliam of Normandy who heaped honours on his son Walter. His family name is perpetuated to the present day in Fitzgerald family, (Fitz -son of, Gerald, the Normanised form of Gherardini), the descendants of Walter's second son, Gerald. He is also remembered by the Windsor family (Earls of Plymouth) whose eldest son is always named, Other). Walter, the son of Other, was one of the military caste that was essential in consolidating the position of William the Conqueror after 1066. He may have been born in England, but it is not known whether he was in England at the time of the landing, or whether he joined William in Normandy, and took part in the Battle of Hastings, 1066. --------------------- Descendants of Lord Otteus (Othoer) of Gherardini (980-1006) 1. Mr. Cosimo Gherardini 1st Great Duke of Florence b: abt. 870 2. Mr. Mathias Gherardini b. abt 900 3. Lord Otterus (Othoer) Gherardini 1: Baron of Gherardini 2: Lord in Tuscany b. 934 Gherardini, India d. 996 in Italia? 4. Lord Gherardo Gherardini Baron Lord of Windsor b. 980 Italia? d: aft. 1006 in Italia? Residence Florence, Italia. (The other descendants are as shown in this database.)