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- BIOGRAPHY
Averardo was the son of Salvestro de' Medici and Lisa Sinibaldi Donati. With his wife Giovanna Spini, daughter of Giovanni Spini, he had a son Giovanni who would have progeny, and possibly four more sons. Averardo was a wool merchant who only achieved a relatively modest wealth in the later part of his life, and is recorded as dividing it in five equal parts at his death in 1363. Averardo's second cousin Vieri de' Medici, a banker with branches in Florence, was far wealthier, and would be the first employer of Averardo's son Giovanni, who would become one of the most illustrious members of the family.
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