| Candida Italian: Casa di Candida | |
|---|---|
| Italian noble family | |
 Coat of arms of the Candida-Gonzaga | |
Parent family | Filangieri |
| Country |  Italy |
| Founder | Aldoino Filangieri di Candida |
| Titles | |
| Cadet branches | |
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The Candida family was a noble Italian family from Naples.
It was a branch of the noble Filangieri family and had as its founder Alduino Filangieri (13th century), Lord of Candida, from which derived the family surname.
The family was divided into several branches: Benevento, Cremona, Lucera, Molfetta, Naples and Nola. The Naples branch succeeded the Duke of Mantua, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (1652–1708), added the surname Gonzaga to its own.
In 1832, Count Antonio Candida obtained from the Marquis of Vescovato, Francesco Luigi Gonzaga (1763–1832), the last titular Lord of Vescovato, the right to add to his own surname that of the noble Gonzaga family.