Junio Valerio Borghese
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.
Junio Valerio Borghese | |
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Borghese in 1944, during the period of the Italian Social Republic | |
| Honorary President of the Italian Social Movement | |
| In office 1951–1953 | |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Rodolfo Graziani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Junio Valerio Scipione Ghezzo Marcantonio Maria Borghese 6 June 1906 Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Died | 26 August 1974 (aged 68) Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain |
| Resting place | Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore |
| Political party | National Fascist Party (1926–1943) Italian Social Movement (1946–1967) National Front (1968–1970) |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Spouse |
Darya Vasilyevna Olsufeeva
(m. 1931; died 1963) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Italian Naval Academy |
| Profession | Military officer |
| Awards | Gold Medal of Military Valour |
| Nickname | The Black Prince |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Italy Italian Social Republic |
| Branch/service | Regia Marina National Republican Navy |
| Years of service | 1928–1945 |
| Rank | Frigate captain |
| Unit | Decima Flottiglia MAS |
| Commands | Decima Flottiglia MAS |
| Battles/wars | Second Italo-Ethiopian War Spanish Civil War World War II |
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