Maria Sole Agnelli Explained

Maria Sole Agnelli
Term Start1:	1960
Term End1:	1970
Predecessor1:	Ranieri Campello della Spina
Successor1:	Filippo Fratellini
Birth Date:	9 August 1925
Birth Place:	Villar Perosa, Piedmont, Italy

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• Ranieri Campello della Spina
  (m. 1953; died 1959)
• Pio Teodorani-Fabbri
  (m. 1964; died 2022)

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Maria Sole Agnelli (born 9 August 1925) is an Italian entrepreneur, politician, and a major shareholder of Gianni Agnelli & Co.

Early life

She is the fourth daughter of Edoardo Agnelli (1892–1935) and Virginia Bourbon del Monte (1899–1945). Her siblings are Clara Agnelli (1920–2016), Susanna Agnelli (1922–2009), Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003), Giorgio Agnelli (1929–1965), Cristiana Agnelli (born 1927), and Umberto Agnelli (1934–2004). She is the granddaughter of Giovanni Agnelli (1866–1945), founder of the Italian automobile maker Fiat S.p.A.^[1]

Later life

Agnelli married Ranieri Campello della Spina, Count of Campello sul Clitunno (1908–1959), with whom she had four children: Virginia (1954), Argenta (1955), Cintia (1956), and Bernardino (1958). Widowed after Ranieri's death in 1959, she later married Count Pio Teodorani-Fabbri (1924–2022) in 1964, with whom she had her son Eduardo (1965).^[2] Teodorani-Fabbri was related to Benito Mussolini, as Mussolini's niece had married Teodorani-Fabbri's cousin.^[3]

Political career

Agnelli was elected mayor of Campello sul Clitunno in 1960, a position she held until 1970. She reportedly won without attending any campaign rallies, obtaining 850 votes from a pool of 1,200 voters.^[4] Her dead husband's son, Rovero, followed in her footsteps, becoming mayor of Campello sul Clitunno between 1987 and 1990.^[5]

Other activities

Agnelli's horse Woodland, ridden by Alessandro Argenton, won the silver medal in the Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing in Munich.^{[6] [7] [8]} She is the second largest stock holder of Gianni Agnelli & Co., which owns the majority of Exor and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; she owns about 12% of the company's shares.^[9] She was the president of the Gianni Agnelli Foundation,^[10] which she resigned so that the role could be assumed by John Elkann, Agnelli's grandson.^[11]

Further reading

• News: Bechis. Franco. 21 August 2009. Mr Husky divide gli Agnelli. Mr Husky divides the Agnellis. Italia Oggi. it. 198. 1. 18 February 2023.

External links

• XXVII concorso ippico a Piazza di Siena, presenti il Conte Campello, Lillio Sforza Ruspoli, Alessandra Torlonia, Principessa Colonna, Carla Gronchi, Ghea Pallavicini, la contessa Pignatelli e Anna Guardarini at the Senate's Luce Archive (in Italian)
• Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli at Hein Bruins (in English)
• FEI Eventing Nations Cup: Maria Sole Agnelli Presidente onorario at Evening Italy (in Italian)

Notes and References

1. News: È morto Pio Teodorani Fabbri, era marito di Maria Sole, sorella di Gianni Agnelli. Pio Teodorani Fabbri is dead, he was the husband of Maria Sole, sister of Gianni Agnelli. La Repubblica. it. 13 January 2022. 0390-1076. 18 February 2023.
2. Book: Discepolo, Ciro. 1 January 2007. Ci Siamo Con La Datazione Informatica Degli Avvenimenti. Here We Are with the Computerized Dating of Events. Naples. Ciro Discepolo. it. 79. 18 February 2023. Google Books.
3. Book: Biondi, Marino. 10 March 2015. Il signore degli Agnelli: Don Giovanni alla Fiat. The Lord of the Agnellis: Don Giovanni at Fiat. Florence. Edimedia. it. 26. 978-8-8675-8100-9. 18 February 2023. Google Books.
4. News: Longo. Grazia. 15 September 2013. 53 anni fa venne eletta sindaco in questo piccolo paese umbro. Ottenne 850 voti su 1200 senza mai doversi neppure esibire in un comizio. 53 years ago she got elected as mayor in this small Umbrian village (Campello). She got 850 votes out of 1,200 without ever having to do a speech. La Stampa. it. 1122-1763. 18 February 2023.
5. Book: Colombati, Leonardo. 28 October 2014. 1960. Milan. Mondadori. it. 218. 978-8-8520-5721-2. 18 February 2023. Google Books.
6. Web site: Biografia di Maria Sole Agnelli. Biography of Maria Sole Agnelli. Cinquantamila.it. it. 31 May 2012. 18 February 2023.
7. Russo. Roberto. 15 December 2017. Susanna, Maria Sole, Marella, le straordinarie donne della famiglia Agnelli. Susanna, Maria Sole, Marella, the extraordinary women of the Agnelli family. Elle Italia. it. 18 February 2023.
8. Web site: Cursi. Daniela. 19 April 2019. Pratoni, Maria Sole Agnelli presidente onorario del Fei Eventing Nations Cup. Pratoni, Maria Sole Agnelli honorary president of the Fei Eventing Nations Cup. Cavallo2000. it. 18 February 2023.
9. Web site: Agnelli via anche da Exor e Stellantis. Agnelli also away from Exor and Stellantis. Lo Spiffero. it. 18 January 2023. 18 February 2023.
10. News: Angeleri. Francesca. 23 January 2023. Maria Sole Agnelli: 'A mio fratello Gianni nessuno ha dedicato neppure una via. Né a Torino né in Italia'. Maria Sole Agnelli: 'No one has dedicated a single route to my brother Gianni. Neither in Turin nor in Italy'. Corriere della Sera. it. 2499-0485. 18 February 2023.
11. News: Longo. Grazia. 15 September 2013. Pratoni, Maria Sole Agnelli presidente onorario del Fei Eventing Nations Cup. The memories of Maria Sole Agnelli. La Stampa. it. 1122-1763. 18 February 2023.