Alessandro Mussolini

Not to be confused with Alessandra Mussolini.
Alessandro Mussolini
Born11 November 1854
Montemaggiore di Predappio, Papal States
(now in Italy)
Died19 November 1910(1910-11-19) (aged 56)
Forlì, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationBlacksmith
SpouseRosa Maltoni (m. 1882; died 1905)
Children
FamilyMussolini family

Alessandro Mussolini (11 November 1854 – 19 November 1910) was the father of Italian Fascist founder and leader Benito Mussolini, the father of Arnaldo and Edvige Mussolini, the father-in-law of Rachele Mussolini, and the paternal grandfather of Edda Mussolini, Romano Mussolini, Vittorio Mussolini and Bruno Mussolini. He was an Italian revolutionary socialist activist with nationalist sympathies.[1] Mussolini was a blacksmith by profession.[2] He was married to Rosa Maltoni, a schoolteacher, who became the mother of Benito Mussolini,[2] and exercised considerable influence over his son Benito's early political beliefs, even naming his son Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini after three leaders he admired: Benito Juárez, Amilcare Cipriani and Andrea Costa.[1]

  1. ^ a b Gregor, Anthony James. Young Mussolini and the intellectual origins of fascism. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, US; London, England, UK: University of California Press, 1979. Pp. 29
  2. ^ a b Roberts, Jeremy. Benito Mussolini. A & E; Twenty-First Century Books, 2006. Pp. 10.