Junio Valerio Borghese
Italian Navy commander (1906–1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Quick Facts Honorary President of the Italian Social Movement, Preceded by ...
Junio Valerio Borghese | |
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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 (1906-06-06)6 June 1906 Rome, Lazio, Italy |
Died | 26 August 1974(1974-08-26) (aged 68) Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain |
Resting place | Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore |
Political party | National Fascist Party[lower-alpha 1] (1926–1943) Italian Social Movement (1946–1967) National Front[1] (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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