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Edda Ciano, Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari (née Mussolini; 1 September 1910 – 9 April 1995) was the daughter of Benito Mussolini, fascist Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943. Her husband, the fascist propagandist and Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, was executed in January
Mar 7, 2023 · Although Edda Mussolini Ciano pleaded with her father for the release of her husband, Count Galeazzo Ciano, per The Washington Post, the count was shot by a firing squad in April 1944. Edda subsequently renounced her father — and the family name.
Apr 10, 1995 · Countess Edda Mussolini Ciano, the eldest daughter and a close adviser of Italy's Fascist dictator, whose husband was executed after he opposed her father's rule, died Saturday in a...
Nov 7, 2022 · His firstborn and favourite child, his daughter Edda (1910-1995), became the model image of what a fascist woman ought to be, particularly after she wed Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano.
Edda Mussolini Ciano was the firstborn child of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his wife Rachele Guidi. The eldest of five, she had one sister Anna Maria and three brothers, Vittorio, Bruno, and Romano (father of right-wing lawmaker Allessandra Mussolini).
Dec 13, 2022 · Edda Ciano, née Edda Mussolini, was the headstrong favourite child of Il Duce. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in 1938, with Galeazzo Ciano seen just to Hitler’s right. Germany and Italy would enter a new political and military alliance the following year, dubbed the ‘Pact of Steel’.
The bestselling author of A Train in Winter returns with the definitive story of Mussolini’s daughter, Edda, one of the most influential women in 1930s Italy, whose life had more twists...
Mar 23, 2023 · Edda Mussolini was once considered “the most dangerous woman in Europe,” but did she have real political power?
Oct 23, 2022 · Was Mussolini’s daughter Edda ‘the most dangerous woman in Europe’? Edda blackmailed Nazis to try and save her husband, but this biography struggles to present evidence of how she influenced...
Dec 3, 2022 · Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter and his confidante during 20 years of fascist rule. She acted as envoy to both Germany and Britain, helping steer Italy to join forces with Hitler.
