Editing Sophia Loren (section)

=== Marriage and family ===
[[File:Carlo-Ponti-and-Sophia-Loren-in-Copenhagen-142462274996.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Ponti and Loren in 1958]]
Loren first met [[Carlo Ponti]] in 1950, when she was 15 and he was 37, and they soon began an affair. Since [[Divorce law by country#Italy|divorce was not permitted in Italian law at the time]], Ponti was not legally divorced from his wife, Giuliana Fiastri, when Loren married him by proxy (two male lawyers stood in for them) in Mexico on 17 September 1957.<ref name=PontiObit>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/carlo-ponti-husband-to-sophia-loren-dead-at-94 |title=Carlo Ponti, Husband to Sophia Loren, Dead at 94 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=10 January 2007 |access-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904200836/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242764,00.html |archive-date=4 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The couple had their marriage annulled in 1962 to escape [[bigamy]] charges, but continued to live together. In 1965, they became French citizens after their application was approved by then French Prime Minister [[Georges Pompidou]].<ref name=PontiObit /> Ponti then obtained a divorce from Giuliana in France, allowing him to marry Loren on 9 April 1966.<ref>{{cite news|last=Exshaw|first=John|title=Carlo Ponti obituary|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 January 2007|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2144032.ece|location=London, UK|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219203402/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2144032.ece|archive-date=19 February 2007}}</ref> The marriage lasted until Ponti's death on 10 January 2007 from pulmonary complications, aged 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2007/01/10/carlo-ponte-loren|title=Sophia Loren's Husband Carlo Ponti Passes Away|work=Hello|date=10 January 2007|access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref>

The couple had two sons, [[Carlo Ponti Jr.]], born on 29 December 1968, and [[Edoardo Ponti]], born on 6 January 1973.<ref name="biography.com"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Caruso|first=Skyler|date=25 September 2023|title=All About Sophia Loren's 2 Children, Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti|url=https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-children-7974117|url-status=live|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103195409/https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-children-7974117|archive-date=3 November 2023|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> Loren's daughters-in-law are [[Sasha Alexander]] and Andrea Meszaros.<ref name="lorenarchives.com" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.life.com/image/51321373|title=Carlo Ponti, Jr., Weds in St.&nbsp;Stephen's Basilica|magazine=Life|date=18 September 2004|access-date=10 December 2010|archive-date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610222019/http://www.life.com/image/51321373|url-status=dead}}</ref> Loren has four grandchildren<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fabiosa.com/ctclb-rsafr-auova-pbmts-phkbr-84-year-old-legend-sophia-loren-claims-she-has-the-most-beautiful-grandchildren-in-the-world/ | title=84-Year-Old Legend Sophia Loren Claims She Has The Most Beautiful Grandchildren In The World | work=Fabiosa |first=Olivia |last=Pollard| date=19 November 2018 | access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schmidt|first=Audrey|date=12 October 2023|title=All About Sophia Loren's 4 Grandchildren|url=https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-grandchildren-8348299|url-status=live|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023092531/https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-grandchildren-8348299|archive-date=23 October 2023|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> and is one of [[Drew Barrymore]]'s godparents, along with [[Anna Strasberg]] and [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pellegrini|first=Francesca|title=Drew Barrymore compie 50 anni, 10 cose che forse non sai sull'ex bimba prodigio di Hollywood|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/drew-barrymore-50-anni-gossip|language=it|work=[[Vanity Fair Italia]]|date=22 February 2025|access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref>

In 1962, Loren's sister [[Maria Scicolone|Maria]] married the youngest son of [[Benito Mussolini]], [[Romano Mussolini|Romano]], with whom she had two daughters, [[Alessandra Mussolini|Alessandra]], a former [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|MP]] and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]], and Elisabetta.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/08/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Obituary: Romano Mussolini|last=Hooper|first=John|date=8 February 2006|work=The Guardian|access-date=25 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>