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Rachele Mussolini

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Birth Date:
11.04.1890
Death date:
30.10.1979
Extra names:
Rachele Guidi, Ракеле Муссолини
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Donna Rachele Mussolini (11 April 1890 – 30 October 1979) was the mistress, wife, and widow of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

Biography

Rachele Mussolini was born Rachele Guidi in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia). She was born into a peasant family and was the daughter of Agostino Guidi and wife Anna Lombardi. After the death of her father, her mother became the lover of the widowed Alessandro Mussolini.

In 1910, Rachele Guidi moved in with Benito Mussolini. In 1914, Mussolini married his first wife Ida Dalser. Though the records of this marriage were destroyed by Mussolini's government, an edict from the city of Milan ordering Mussolini to make maintenance payments to “his wife Ida Dalser” and their child was overlooked. Shortly before his son Benito Albino Mussolini was born to Ida Dalser, Rachele Guidi and Benito Mussolini were married in a civil ceremony in Treviglio, Lombardy, 17 December 1915. In 1925, they renewed their vows in a religious service (after Mussolini's rise to power).

Rachele Mussolini bore five children by Benito Mussolini and she was willing to ignore his various mistresses. Rachele and Benito Mussolini had two daughters, Edda (1910–1995) and Anna Maria (1929–1968), and three sons Vittorio (1916–1997), Bruno (1918–1941), and Romano (1927–2006).

During the reign of Mussolini's Fascist regime, Rachele Mussolini was portrayed as the model Fascist housewife and mother. She remained loyal to Mussolini until the end. But, on 28 April 1945, she was not with Mussolini when he and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, were captured and executed by Italian partisans. Rachele Mussolini did try to flee Italy after World War II but, in April 1945, she was arrested in Como, close to Switzerland by Italian partisans. She was turned over to the Americans and kept on Ischia Island, but was released after several months.

In her later life, Rachele Mussolini ran a restaurant in her native village of Predappio, where she served pasta dishes herself. She also received a pension from the Italian Republic until her death. After her husband's execution, she begged to have his body for private burial.

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Витторио МуссолиниВитторио МуссолиниSon27.09.191612.06.1997
        2Bruno MussoliniBruno MussoliniSon22.04.191807.08.1941
        3Romano MussoliniRomano MussoliniSon26.09.192703.02.2006
        4Edda MussoliniEdda MussoliniDaughter01.09.191009.04.1995
        5Benito MussoliniBenito MussoliniHusband29.07.188328.04.1945
        6Gian  Galeazzo CianoGian Galeazzo CianoSon in-law18.03.190301.01.1944
        7Gina Ruberti MussoliniGina Ruberti MussoliniDaughter in-law14.12.191604.05.1946
        8Клара ПетаччиКлара ПетаччиFamiliar28.02.191228.04.1945

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