Aldoino (or Alduino) Filangieri di Candida (died December 1283) was a nobleman in the

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. He was the son of

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of the

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and an unnamed woman, the sister of Aldoino di Cicala, after whom he was named and from whom he inherited his

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. He inherited his uncle's fief of

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on his father's death (in or before 1269). He was the father of the Filangieri di Candida. By his wife, Giordana, daughter of Giacomo di Tricarico of the

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clan, Aldoino received as a

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the fiefs of

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and

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. Their marriage took place before 1266, when

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granted one third of the castle of

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at Solofra, withheld by Giacomo per the nuptial agreement, to Giordana and Aldoino in return for their support. They reinforced the castle during the

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. Aldoino became a

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of the kingdom during the reign of Charles I. In 1283 he was the

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of the

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when in November he was recalled, to be replaced by his brother Lotterio. He was to be made ''magister rationalis'' ("master of rations", i.e.

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), but died ''en route'' to

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. He was succeeded by his daughter Angela. His second daughter, Olimpia, married Simone II del Tufo in 1299.

References

*''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''. Mario Caravale, ed. Rome. {{DEFAULTSORT:Candida, Aldoino Filangieri Di 1283 deaths 13th-century Italian nobility Year of birth unknown 13th-century Neapolitan people Aldoino