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Childhood

Born on July 29, 1883, in Verano di Costa, Italy, Mussolini was the son of blacksmith and ardent socialist Alessandro Mussolini and a devout Catholic mother, Rosa Maltoni. By most accounts, Mussolini’s family lived in simple, small quarters.

Young Mussolini was expelled from his first boarding school at age 10 for stabbing a fellow student. At 14, he stabbed another student but was only suspended.

Socialist Activism

Much of Mussolini’s early adulthood was spent traveling around Switzerland, getting involved with that country’s Socialist Party and clashing with police. In 1909, he moved to Austria-Hungary to become editor of a socialist newspaper, but was deported back to Italy after being accused of violating laws meant to regulate press freedom.

In 1910, Mussolini became the editor for another Italian socialist newspaper, but soon spent six months in jail for inciting violence. During his incarceration, he began to write his autobiography—though still in his twenties—detailing his troubled school years and his many romantic conquests.

Mussolini split from the Socialist Party in 1914. Starting his own newspaper, he encouraged violence from his supporters as unrest spread across the country.

Italian Facism

In 1915, Mussolini joined the Italian army in World War I. He fought on the front lines and obtained the rank of corporal before being discharged for a war wound. Mussolini returned to newspapers and by 1918 called for a dictator to seize control of Italy. Pressure from Mussolini and his followers forced the government to order the internment of foreigners they considered enemies.

After the Treaty of Versailles in 1919—and his dissatisfaction with it—Mussolini gathered the various fascist groups into a national organization called Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. The Italian Fascists courted war veterans and encouraged violence against socialists. Mussolini stockpiled weapons and explosives in his newspaper offices.

Children and Marriages

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Italian radio presenter and Benito Mussolini's daughter (1929–1968)

Anna Maria Mussolini (3 September 1929 – 25 April 1968) was an Italian radio presenter. She was the fifth child of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi.

Biography

Anna Maria Mussolini is the last-born child of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi, born on September 3, 1929, at Villa Carpena in Forlì. Her early years were marked by tragedy when she was afflicted with severe polio at the age of seven, causing permanent disabilities and deeply affecting her father. Raised in the opulence of Villa Torlonia in Rome, her family's primary residence, her childhood took a tumultuous turn with her father's arrest in 1943, leading to confinement with her mother and brother Romano at Rocca delle Caminate.

In the aftermath of Mussolini's fall from power, Anna Maria, alongside her mother and brother, attempted to flee to Switzerland in April 1945 but was turned back at the Chiasso border. Their subsequent journey, marked by temporary refuge in Como and eventual arrest by the National Liberation Committee, ended in internment at various locations before exile on the Island of Ischia.

Post-war, Anna Maria distanced herself from politics and embarked on a career in radio broadcasting at RAI in the 1960s. Using her husband's surname, she hosted a popular radio program, "Rotocalco musicale," showcasing notable personalities from the entertainment and music worlds. However, her anonymity was shattered when her true identity was revealed, leading to controversy and dismissal from her position.

Later, Anna Maria met presenter Giuseppe Negri (known as "Nando Pucci") in Cortina D'Ampezzo on New Year's Eve between 1959 and 1960. They married on June 11, 1960, and had two daughters named Silvia (1961) and Edda Negri Mussolini (1963), the latter later serving as mayor of Gemma

Dictator of Fascist Italy from 1922 to 1943

"Mussolini" redirects here. For other people named Mussolini, see Mussolini family.

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He was also Duce of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, until his summary execution in 1945. He founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF). As a dictator and founder of fascism, Mussolini inspired the international spread of fascist movements during the interwar period.

Mussolini was originally a socialist politician and journalist at the Avanti! newspaper. In 1912, he became a member of the National Directorate of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), but was expelled for advocating military intervention in World War I. In 1914, Mussolini founded a newspaper, Il Popolo d'Italia, and served in the Royal Italian Army until he was wounded and discharged in 1917. He eventually denounced the PSI, his views now centering on Italian nationalism, and founded the fascist movement which opposed egalitarianism and class conflict, instead advocating "revolutionary nationalism" transcending class lines. In October 1922, following the March on Rome, he was appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III. After removing opposition through his secret police and outlawing labour strikes, Mussolini and his followers consolidated power through laws that transformed the nation into a one-party dictatorship. Within five years, he established dictatorial authority by legal and illegal means and aspired to create a totalitarian state. In 1929, he signed the Lateran Treaty to establish Vatican City.

Mussolini's foreign policy was based on the fascist doctrine of spazio vitale ('living space'), which aimed to expand Italian possessions.

BenitoAmilcare Andrea"Il Duce"Mussolini

Son of Alessandro Mussolini and Rosa (Maltoni) Mussolini

Brother of Arnaldo Mussolini and Edvige (Mussolini) Mancini

Father of Edda (Mussolini) Ciano, Benito Albino (Mussolini) Dalser, Vittorio Mussolini, Bruno Mussolini, Glauco (Ceccato) Di Salle, Elena Curti, Romano Mussolini and Anna Maria (Mussolini) Negri

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Biography

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, known as “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was an Italian dictator who founded the Fascist Party in 1919 and thereafter wielded absolute power in Italy as prime minister from 1922 until 1943. Mussolini, a fervent socialist in his youth, followed his father's political path but was dismissed from the party due to his endorsement of World War I. As dictator during World War II, he overextended his military troops and was ultimately assassinated by his own citizens at Mezzegra, Italy.

Family

He was born on Jul 29, 1883 in Predappio, Forlì - Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italia, son of Alessandro Mussolini (1854–1910) and schoolteacher Rosa Maltoni (1858–1905).

His siblings were:

In 1914, Benito (30) married hairdresser Ida Irene Dalser (33) (born on Aug 20, 1880 in Sopramonte, Tyrol, Austro-Hungarian Empire) in Trento, Italy. Their son was Benito Albino Mussolini (1915–1942). Benito and Ida Irene Dalser were married in 1914 in Trento, Italy. They had a son one year later and named him Benito Albino (Mussolini) Dalser (1915-1942). Although he was accepted as Benito's son, Benito Albino and his mother both died tragically in