Coat of arms of the House of Lucchesi Palli on the door of the family Mausoleum in the cemetery of Mureck, Austria
There is certain news of them starting from the 15th century. They boast as legendary founder Adinolfo, son of a sister of Desiderio, who took his surname from his own castle called Tre Palli, whose descendants governed Lucca. The Sicilian founder would have been an Andrea Palli who passed to Sicily in 1067 or 1069, also taking the surname Lucchese to remember his homeland. Some Lucchese lived in Sciacca, Naro and Palermo; a Luigi Antonio was created prefect by Frederick II, Duke of Swabia; a Giacomo, Baron of Camastra, was senator of Palermo for several years; a Giuseppe was a juror of Naro. Giovanni, Prince of Campofranco, was praetor of Palermo. A Saverio was a juror of Licata.[4]
Fabrizio Lucchesi-Palli, 1st Prince of Campofranco (1608–1631), married Eleonora del Campo; father of Francesca, who was forced into monastic seclusion, annulled her profession with great public outcry to maintain the family patrimony and ensure a lineage.
Fabrizio Lucchesi-Palli (1663–1707), married Anna Avarna; father of Andrea and Giuseppe, Imperial General and Governor of Brussels, who died in 1757.
Antonio Lucchesi-Palli, 6th Prince of Campofranco (1716–1803), son of Emanuele; married Anna Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa; he became 2nd Duke of Grazia in 1729 following the death of his grand-uncle, Antonio Lucchesi-Palli (1664–1729).[8]
Emanuele Lucchesi-Palli (1735–1795), son of Antonio; married Maria Bianca Filangieri (1756–1802) was the father of Antonio (1781–1856) and of Ferdinando (1784–1847), husband of opera singer Adelaide Tosi.[9]
Antonio Lucchesi-Palli, 7th Prince of Campofranco (1781–1856), son of Emanuele; Maggiordomo of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies in 1825, Councilor of State in 1831, appointed by Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies in 1832 as Minister of State, Lieutenant General of the Kingdom from 1835 to 1837; he commissioned the architect Emmanuele Palazzotto in 1835 to design the Campofranco Palace in Palermo; married Maria Francesca Pignatelli.[10]
Adinolfo Lucchesi-Palli (1840–1911), son of Ettore; sports manager and diplomat; married Princess Lucrezia Nicoletta dei duchi di Sasso-Ruffo dei principi di Sant' Antimo, the older sister of the Prince Ruffo, the head of Motta-Bagnara branch, in 1860.[12]
Antonio (1664–1729); created 1st Duke of Grazia in 1699.
Properties
Marriage of Donna Beatrice of Bourbon-Parma with Count Pietro Lucchesi-Palli (on the left the Duke and Duchess of Parma, on the right Prince Adinolfo Lucchesi-Palli with Princess Lucrezia Ruffo), 1906
↑ As part of the republican constitution that became effective in Italy on 1 January 1948, titles of nobility ceased to be recognized in law (although they were not, strictly, abolished or banned), and the organ of state which had regulated them, the Consulta Araldica, was abolished.[15]
Sources
↑ Mango di Casalgerardo, Nobiliario di Sicilia, editore A. Reber, 1912.
↑ "Governo Italiano". La Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana: Disposizioni Transitorie e Finali §XIV (in Italian). Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri. Retrieved 2006-12-04. I titoli nobiliari non sono riconosciuti. I predicati di quelli esistenti prima del 28 ottobre 1922 valgono come parte del nome. l'Ordine mauriziano è conservato come ente ospedaliero e funziona nei modi stabiliti dalla legge. La legge regola la soppressione della Consulta araldica.
Bibliography
Giovanni Battista di Crollalanza; Goffredo di Crollalanza; Aldo di Crollalanza (1879). Presso la direzione del Giornale araldico (ed.). Annuario della nobiltà italiana.
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