Junio Valerio Borghese

Junio Valerio Borghese
Honorary President of the
Italian Social Movement
In office
1951–1953
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byRodolfo Graziani
Personal details
Born
Junio Valerio Scipione Ghezzo Marcantonio Maria Borghese

(1906-06-06)6 June 1906
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died26 August 1974(1974-08-26) (aged 68)
Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
Resting placeBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Political partyNational Fascist Party[a]
(1926–1943)
Italian Social Movement
(1946–1967)
National Front[1]
(1968–1970)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse
Darya Vasilyevna Olsufeeva
(m. 1931; died 1963)
Children4
Alma materItalian Naval Academy
ProfessionMilitary officer
AwardsGold Medal of Military Valour
NicknameThe Black Prince
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Italy
 Italian Social Republic
Branch/service Regia Marina
 National Republican Navy
Years of service1928–1945
RankFrigate captain
UnitDecima Flottiglia MAS
CommandsDecima Flottiglia MAS
Battles/warsSecond Italo-Ethiopian War
Spanish Civil War
World War II

Junio Valerio Scipione Ghezzo Marcantonio Maria Borghese (6 June 1906 – 26 August 1974), nicknamed The Black Prince, was an Italian Navy commander during the regime of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party and a prominent hardline neo-fascist politician in post-war Italy. In 1970, he took part in the planning of a neo-fascist coup, dubbed the Golpe Borghese, that was called off after the press discovered it; he subsequently fled to Spain and spent the last years of his life there.


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  1. ^ Panorama. Mondadori. 1975. p. 384.