![]() Her husband was appointed Italian Consul in Shanghai. They were married on 24 April 1930 in a lavish ceremony attended by 4,000 guests. ![]() It was while in Rome that she met Galeazzo Ciano, son of Admiral Count Costanzo Ciano, a loyal Fascist and supporter of Benito Mussolini before his March on Rome. She has been described as being opinionated and outspoken. Her powerful father made dating difficult, as most young men feared him. ![]() Edda was a rebellious woman in her youth. ![]() In March 1925, Rachele and Edda with her brothers and sisters, moved from Milan to Carpegna and then to Rome in November 1929 to live with their father. Her father became Prime Minister of Italy in October 1922 and dictator after January 1925. In her early years, while her father was editor of Il Popolo d'Italia in Milan, Edda lived with Rachele in Forlì. Her parents did not marry until December 1915. She was born out of wedlock to Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi in Forlì, Romagna. She strongly denied her involvement in the National Fascist Party regime after her father's execution by the Italian partisans in April 1945. Her husband, the fascist propagandist and Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, was executed in January 1944 for his role in Mussolini's ouster. ![]() Edda Ciano, Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari ( née Mussolini 1 September 1910 – 9 April 1995) was the daughter of Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator from 1922 to 1943. ![]()
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