The House of Candia was a noble family from
Savoy (14th-16th).
[Annuaire de la noblesse de France (1861)]
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/ref> It held a castle at Chambéry-Le-Vieux under the name "Château de Candie".
Members
François de Candie
François de Candie was a savoyard nobleman named Vidame of Geneva from 1377 to 1385 and captain of the castle of l'Ile sur le Rhône in 1377. In 1368, he received from princess Mathide of Savoy the lordship on the castles of Salagine in Bloye ...
was Viscount
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.
In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicia ...
of Geneva
, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier
, website = https://www.geneve.ch/
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
(Latin:''Vice Dominus Genevarum'') and Captain of the castle on the island of the Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...
in 1377.
References
Sources
* Comte Amédée de Foras, ''Armorial et nobiliaire de l'ancien duché de Savoie'', vol. 1, Grenoble, Allier Frères, 1863-1966
archive
, p. 299 à 301, « Candie (de) »
* Annuaire de la noblesse de France (1861)
on line
* Chateau de Candi
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