First Marshal of the Empire

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military rank

First Marshal of the Empire was the highest military rank in Fascist Italy, created in 1938 to place Benito Mussolini on equal footing with King Victor Emmanuel III as joint commanders of the Italian armed forces.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Primo maresciallo dell’Impero	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military rank ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Marshal of the Empire ⓘ surface form: Primo maresciallo dell’Impero
appliesToJurisdiction	Fascist Italy ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology	Fascism ⓘ
authorityConferred	joint command of the Italian armed forces ⓘ
comparativeRank	field marshal ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dateCreated	1938 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext	constitutional monarchy under Fascist dictatorship ⓘ
headOfGovernmentInvolved	Benito Mussolini ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	highest military rank in Fascist Italy ⓘ
holder	Benito Mussolini ⓘ Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ
introducedBy	Benito Mussolini ⓘ Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ
languageOfName	Italian ⓘ
legalStatus	created by royal decree ⓘ
militaryBranch	Italian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Italian armed forces
monarchInvolved	Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ
politicalContext	Italian Fascist regime ⓘ
purpose	to place Benito Mussolini on equal footing with King Victor Emmanuel III as joint commanders of the Italian armed forces ⓘ
rankGroup	marshal rank ⓘ
rankLevel	above all other Italian general and flag officer ranks ⓘ
status	defunct rank ⓘ
symbolized	parity of power between king and dictator in Fascist Italy ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
usedBy	Regia Aeronautica ⓘ Italian Navy ⓘ surface form: Regia Marina Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Royal Italian Army

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Marshal of the Empire → alsoKnownAs → First Marshal of the Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Primo maresciallo dell’Impero

Benito Mussolini → title → First Marshal of the Empire ⓘ