Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrancesco Maria Taliani de Marchio
Italian diplomat
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Place of Birth: Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy
About Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio
- Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio (22 October 1887 – 16 March 1968) was an Italian diplomat who was most notable for his role as ambassador to China (1938–1946) during World War II.
- In this capacity he was accredited to the Japanese puppet state of the Reorganized National Government of China, under Wang Jingwei.
- In 1943, he refused to pledge loyalty to the Italian Social Republic and was briefly imprisoned by the Japanese.
- After the war he subsequently was made first Italian ambassador to Spain (1951–1952) since the countries broke relations in 1946.
- Taliani was married to Archduchess Margaretha of Austria.
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