Adinolfo Lucchesi-Palli, 10th Prince of Campofranco

Upon the death of his father on 1 April 1864, he succeeded as the 10th Prince of Campofranco and 5th Duke of Grazia.

In keeping with family tradition, Adinolfo entered the diplomatic service of the Kingdom of Italy. As the eldest son, his primary job was initially to manage the Brunnsee Castle estate and the Weinburg am Saßbach Castle [de] estate.^[11] When the International Olympic Committee was founded in Paris in 1894, he was Vice consul at the Italian embassy in Paris. Since founder Pierre de Coubertin wanted about half the members to be of high standing and half to be sports experts from as many different countries as possible, Adinolfo fit the bill. Since the Italian Gymnastics Federation, which had been invited to the founding Congress, could not travel for financial reasons, Lucchesi-Palli represented Italian interests. He also joined the IOC on the condition that he would be allowed to present a suitable successor at the next opportunity. Therefore, his membership in the IOC lasted only three months before he presented Riccardo Carafa della Stadera, who succeeded him.

Lucchesi-Palli was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Malta.^[12]

On 7 October 1860 at Brunnsee, Adinolfo was married to Princess Lucrezia Nicoletta Sasso-Ruffo, the daughter of Vincenzo Ruffo, 12th Duke of Bagnara and Sarah Louisa Strachan (a daughter of Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet).^[13] Her younger brother was Prince Ruffo, the head of Motta-Bagnara branch.^[14] Together, they were the parents of:^[15][12]

• Enrico Lucchesi-Palli, 11th Prince of Campofranco (1861–1924), who married Maria Rainiera, 1st Countess of Waideck, the daughter of Archduke Heinrich Anton of Austria (a son of Archduke Rainer and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy)^[16] and his morganatic wife, Leopoldine Hofmann (who had been created Baroness von Waideck), in 1892.^[17][b]
• Donna Maria Renata Lucchesi-Palli (1862–1943), who married Edward Onslow Moore in 1901.^[18]
• Donna Bianca Lucchesi-Palli (1865–1943), who married Prince Georg of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim, a son of Leopold, 4th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim, who inherited Dyck Castle, and Anna Maria von Thurn und Valsassina; Prince Georg was the younger brother of Alfred, 5th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim.
• Carlo Lucchesi-Palli, 12th Prince of Campofranco (1868–1951), who married Countess Sidonie von Fünfkirchen, a daughter of Count Ferdinand von Fünfkirchen zu Chlumetz, in 1893. After her death in 1902, he married Princess Henriette of Salm-Salm, a daughter of Alfred, 7th Prince of Salm-Salm and Countess Rosa von Lützow (sister of Counts Francis and Heinrich von Lützow).^[19]
• Don Pietro Lucchesi-Pailli, Count of Lucchesi-Pailli (1870–1939),^[20] he married his half-first cousin, once removed, Princess Béatrice of Parma, daughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.^[c]
• Donna Caroline Lucchesi-Palli (1872–1905), who married Count Rudolf von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jöchelsthurn, in 1899.
• Donna Gabrielle Lucchesi-Palli (1875–1937), who married Girolamo Brandolini d'Adda, a member of the Brandolini family, in 1898.^[21]

Prince Adinolfo died on 4 February 1911 at Brunnsee Castle and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Enrico.^[22]

Through his eldest son Enrico, he was a grandfather of Donna Maria Renata Lucchesi-Palli del Principi di Campofranco (1895–1976), who married Count Siegfried von Küenburg, a son of Count Wilhelm von Küenburg and Baroness Marianne Matz von Spiegelfeld, in 1922.^[23]

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