1. Alessandro Mussolini 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.
Alessandro Mussolini was an Italian revolutionary socialist activist with nationalist sympathies.
Alessandro Mussolini was married to Rosa Maltoni, a schoolteacher, who became the mother of Benito Mussolini, 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 Juarez, Amilcare Cipriani and Andrea Costa.
On 25 January 1882, Mussolini married Rosa Maltoni, a schoolteacher and Roman Catholic.
Unlike his wife, Alessandro Mussolini did not believe in God and hated the Roman Catholic Church.
Maltoni's father looked down upon her decision to marry Alessandro Mussolini and did not approve of the marriage.
Benito helped his father at the forge where Alessandro Mussolini worked as a blacksmith.
Alessandro Mussolini taught his son about revolutionary leaders he admired such as Karl Marx.
Alessandro Mussolini experienced a number of personal troubles; he had difficulty in finding employment and became an alcoholic.
Alessandro Mussolini entered politics in 1873 at the age of nineteen as a revolutionary socialist militant.
In 1874, Alessandro Mussolini took part in political disturbances in Predappio, Italy.
Alessandro Mussolini became a member of local government and was known by authorities for controversy and political violence against opponents.
Alessandro Mussolini was arrested in 1878 on the suspicion of taking part in revolutionary activities and remained under house arrest until authorities released him in 1882 so that he could attend his marriage to Rosa Maltoni.
Alessandro Mussolini believed that the government should control the mode of production, that working conditions needed to be improved, and supported the creation of a society run by the working-class.
Alessandro Mussolini held Italian nationalist sentiments and idolized Italian nationalist figures with socialist or humanist tendencies such as Carlo Pisacane, Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi.