Galeazzo Ciano
Italian foreign minister under Mussolini, executed for treason.
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Ciano was executed by firing squad on 11 January 1944 after voting to oust Mussolini and being convicted of treason.[1][2] Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari, lived from 18 March 1903 to 11 January 1944, and during 1936–1943 he held the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Italy while his father-in-law Benito Mussolini led the government.[3] In those years, many considered Ciano the likeliest person to take over as head of government after Mussolini.[3]
Life and work
Ciano was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1903, the son of Admiral and Fascist founding member Costanzo Ciano.[4] On 24 April 1930 he married Benito Mussolini's daughter Edda, and they had three children.[5] He was tried for treason, found guilty, and executed by firing squad along with four others on 11 January 1944.[2][6] Shortly after becoming foreign minister, Ciano started writing a diary and continued doing so until his removal from that post in 1943.[7]
Ciano went to Germany but was taken into custody and delivered to the Italian Social Republic, the regime Mussolini led.[1]
What the cited sources add
Guida also notes that only comparison with other documentation can verify the reliability of Ciano's diary pages.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Galeazzo Ciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moseley, "Mussolini: The last 600 of il Duce", Taylor Trade Publishing, 2004, p. 79 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Galeazzo Ciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Palla, "Mussolini il fascista numero uno", Studi Storici, 10 January 1982, p. 23–49 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Galeazzo Ciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: d'Orsi, "Il genero del regime. Vita e morte di Galeazzo Ciano nel libro di Eugenio Di Rienzo", MicroMega, 10 April 2019; Palla, "Mussolini il fascista numero uno", Studi Storici, 10 January 1982, p. 23–49 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Galeazzo Ciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hof 2021, p. 4; Hof 2021, p. 4 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Galeazzo Ciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moseley, "Mussolini: The last 600 of il Duce", Taylor Trade Publishing, 2004, p. 79; Di Rienzo, "Ciano: Vita pubblica e privata del 'genero di regime' nell'Italia del Ventennio nero", Salerno Editrice, 29 November 2018; Coco, "Sino-Italian Political and Economic Relations: From the Treaty of Friendship to the Second World War", Routledge, 14 February 2024, p. 48 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Galeazzo Ciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mussolini's daughter's affair with communist revealed in love letters", The Telegraph, 17 April 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Galeazzo Ciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Municipality of Tirana website , tirana.gov.al; accessed 5 January 2016. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Guida, "L'Ungheria, gli ungheresi e Galeazzo Ciano", Öt Kontinens, 2016, p. 75–85. facts only, no text reused. ceeol.com
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