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François de Candia, 1st Vidominus or Vidame
Vidame
Vidame, a French corruption of the official Latin term vicedominus , was a feudal title in France...

de Geneva (*1290 Chambery

Chambéry

Chambéry is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.It is the capital of the department and has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made the city his seat of power.-Geography:Chambéry...

- + 1363 Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia is a city and comune in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located southwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts...

) was lawyer, diplomat and a nobleman of the House of Candia

House of Candia

The House of Candia is a European dynastic house, created by a junior branch of the House of Anjou originally from "Castrum Candiaco" in the Dauphiné of the nobility of Savoy and Piemont...

; also known as François de Genève.
From 1314 – to the 26th of December 1360 he was "Vidomne de Geneve"; and military commander of the Prince-Bishop

Prince-Bishop

A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial Prince of the Church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent titles of nobility held concurrently with their inherent clerical office...

of Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, under the Catholic Lordship of the Knights of the Swiss Kingdoms of the Priory of Sion (Sitten) and member of the House of Savoy

House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...

by his mother.

Career

"Vidominus di Ginevra"
In his early military career, young count François fought for the protection of the Alpine passages and in 1377 was Captain of the Castle of the Rhone River (capitaine du château de l'Ile sur le Rhône). Though he originally began his military career to serve his land, later heirs to the Vice-Count lordship of Geneva gave him the chance to develop great diplomatic skills, and gained legal control over territories and strategic mountain passes in the Alps

Alps

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. In the following years, François de Candie had the honour of being chosen one of the masters of the Most Noble Order of the Priory of Geneva. He attended the needs and diplomatic duties of the Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

Amadeus VI , nicknamed the Green Count was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. He was the eldest son of Aimone, Count of Savoy and Yolande of Montferrat....

and the Prince-Bishop of Geneva of the House of Savoy

House of Savoy

in dealings with neighbouring Duchies. This caused the great powers such as France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, England

England

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, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

and Spain

Spain

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crowns to take the Vice-Count’s opinions into account.

Note: His hereditary title of Vice-Count of Geneva was active and held by the de Candiæ family until the referendum of the Swiss Protestant Reformation

Protestant Reformation

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, from them on became a honorary title of the descendants registered in the Kingdom of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia

The Kingdom of Sardinia consisted of the island of Sardinia first as a part of the Crown of Aragon and subsequently the Spanish Empire , and second as a part of the composite state of the House of Savoy . Its capital was originally Cagliari, in the south of the island, and later Turin, on the...

-Savoy.

Education

In accordance with the records of his higher education at the Monastery of the Bishop of Sion

Bishop of Sion

The Diocese of Sion is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the oldest bishopric in the country and one of the oldest north of the Alps. The cathedral at Sion, "Notre-Dame du Glarier" was fortified by walls and crowns one of the two hills on which...

by-the-Alps, François de Candie was versed in Roman and Catholic canon law, and fluent in various languages such as French

French language

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, Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

, German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

, Latin

Latin

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and Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

. He was well-known by his analytic mind and distinguished by his diplomatic strategies.

Family and Origin

François de Candie, was registered in Italian as Franco de Candia-Savoia, a lord from the noble family of the Castle of Candia in Chambery

Chambéry

-Le-Vieux (château de Candie) in the Duchy of Savoy

Duchy of Savoy

From 1416 to 1847, the House of Savoy ruled the eponymous Duchy of Savoy . The Duchy was a state in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, with some territories that are now in France. It was a continuation of the County of Savoy...

descendant of a Burgundian dynasty of the Alps region; what is today part of Switzerland

Switzerland

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, France

France

and Italy

Italy

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. Parented by a powerful couple, he was the son of Count Giacomo de Candia di Savoia, Lord of Bresse, Baron of Loeso, Count of Ventimiglia, and his wife Béatrice de Savoy, princess of Geneva, called Beatrice of Bâgé

Beatrice of Bâgé

Beatrice of Savoy, , better known as Béatrice de Bâgé was born at Bâgé-le-Châtel, in Provence Fance, the second daughter of Count Amadeus V of Savoy and Sybille of Bâgé, she was a member of the House of Savoy.- Education :...

, daughter of Amadeus V of Savoy and Sybille of Bâgé

Sybille of Bâgé

Sybille, Lady of Bâgé , was a Countess Consort of Savoy; married in 1272 to Amadeus V, Count of Savoy.Issue:# Bonne of Savoy, married John I of Viennois, dauphin of Viennois and Hugh of Burgundy, lord of Montbauson# John of Savoy...

or Bugey

Bugey

The Bugey is a historical region in the département of Ain , France. It is located in a loop of the Rhône River in the southeast of the département...

daughter of the Burgundes. Giacommo his father lost his life in the confrontations of the Bugey and Bresse, while François was young student, making his mother's second husband Manfred III, Marquess of Saluzzo a dedicated mentor along his career since François was the only son of the couple; as recorded by his tutors at the Monastery of Sion.

Career

Education

Family and Origin

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