Born in Forlí, Romagna, Italy
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
and Rachele Anna (Guidi) Mussolini
Sister of
Benito Albino (Mussolini) Dalser [half], Vittorio Mussolini, Bruno Mussolini, Glauco (Ceccato) Di Salle [half], Elena Curti [half], Romano Mussolini and Anna Maria (Mussolini) Negri
Wife of
Gian Galeazzo Ciano
— married
24 Apr 1930 [location unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Rome, Italy
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Apr 2016
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Biography
Edda was born in 1910. She was the daughter of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi. She passed away in 1995.
Edda Mussolini Ciano was the eldest child of Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator from 1922 to 1943, and Rachele Guidi. She was also the wife of fascist propagandist and foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano. Then, she became "Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari". After the World War II, Edda wrote her autobiography "La mia vita", published in translation as "My Truth" by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1975.
Edda Ciano died in 1995. She was preceded in death by husband Galeazzo, executed in 1944, and son Marzio Ciano (1937-1974). Survived by her children Fabrizio (1931-2008) and Raimonda Ciano (1933-1998); children-in-law Beatriz Uzcategui Jahn, Alessandro Giunta (born 1929), and Gloria Lucchesi; grandsons Pietro Francesco (1962) and Lorenzo Ciano (1965); great-grandsons Carlo and Marzio Ciano (twin brothers, born in 2009).
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Find A Grave: Memorial #160838922
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