The death certificate of Rudolph Valentino's mother Gabrielle Barbin as requested and retrieved by Renato Floris on October 10, 2014. It is interesting to note that the name of her deceased husband, was recorded as, "Jean Guglielmi" and not "Giovanni Guglielmi". Despite being the French version of the Italian name, I contend names are not changed based on country of residence. I also contend this is why she named her grandson, "Jean" and not "Giovanni" as she had every intention to take the infant with her to France. At the time of her death, if Jean Valentino's recorded birth is correct, the child would have been three and a half years old. Why would she have left her home and small grandson in Taranto in Southern Italy to live in France? More about the Valentino Love Child Theory in Affairs Valentino - Special Edition and The Rudolph Valentino Case Files.
.jpg)