Susanna Agnelli

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Susanna Agnelli (born April 24, 1922 in Turin) is an Italian politician. She is the only woman to have been Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy.

She is the daughter of Eduardo Agnelli (1892-1935) and Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte (1899-1945), a daughter of the Prince di San Faustino and his Kentucky-born wife Jane Campbell. Her brother Gianni Agnelli (1921-2003) was the head of Fiat in which the Agnelli family hold the controlling interest. The family also held investments which represented the largest percentage of the Italian stockmarket. She was married in 1945 to Urbano [dei conti] Rattazzi. They had six children and were later divorced.

She divides her time between New York City and Italy and she has long been a loyal fan of Robert Denning who has designed homes for her in Manhattan, South America and Italy.