Benito Mussolini January 1945 by Madeleine Mollier, a few months before he was captured and executed by Italian anti-fascist partisans, he stated flatly: "Seven years ago, I was an interesting person. Now, I am little more than a corpse." He continued: On 25 April 1945, allied troops were advancing into northern Italy, and the collapse of the Salò Republic was imminent. Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci set out for Switzerland, intending to board a plane and escape to Spain. Two days later on 27 April, they were stopped near the village of Dongo (Lake Como) by communist partisans Valerio and Bellini
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria the spouses. Charles II was indifferent to his wife –with whom he marry purely for political reasons–, and had a long-standing relationship with the Countess Margherita della Rovere, with whom he openly lived at Casale. Isabella Clara, with the help of Pope Alexander VII, was able to expelled her husband's mistress to Rome; but this didn't stopped the hypersexuality of Charles II, who continue to had several female and even male lovers. Tired of her husband's behavior and despite the requests of her mother-in-law to be prudent, Isabella Clara also took a lover, Count Charles Bulgarini, a secretary of the