Donna Rachele Mussolini was the wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
Background
Rachele Mussolini was born Rachele Guidi in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (Regno d"Italia). She was born into a peasant family and was the daughter of Agostino Guidi and wife Anna Lombardi. After the death of her father, her mother became the lover of the widowed Alessandro Mussolini.
Career
In 1910, Rachele Guidi moved in with Benito Mussolini. In 1925, they renewed their vows in a religious service (after Mussolini"s rise to power). Rachele Mussolini bore five children by Benito Mussolini and she was willing to ignore his various mistresses.
She remained loyal to Mussolini until the education
But, on 28 April 1945, she was not with Mussolini when he and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, were captured and executed by Italian partisans. Rachele Mussolini did try to flee from Italy after World World War II but, in April 1945, she was arrested in Como, close to Switzerland by Italian partisans.
She was turned over to the Americans and kept on Ischia Island, but was released after several months. In her later life, Rachele Mussolini ran a restaurant in her native village of Predappio, where she served pasta dishes herself.
She received a pension from the Italian Republic only since 1975.
lieutenant turned out that Mussolini had not received any salary from the state, and therefore she couldn"t have any pension. After her husband"s execution, she begged to have his body for private burial.