Antonio Lucchesi-Palli, 7th Prince of Campofranco
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17 May 1781
Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Antonio Lucchesi-Palli | |
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.7º_principe_di_Campofranco,_luogotenente_generale_del_Regno_delle_Due_Sicilie.jpg) Portrait of the Prince of Campofranco by Giuseppe Patania, c. 1830 | |
| Lieutenant General of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | |
| In office 1835–1837 | |
| Preceded by | Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse |
| Succeeded by | Luigi Nicola De Majo, Duke of San Pietro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antonio Lucchesi-Palli 17 May 1781 Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
| Died | 26 April 1856 (aged 74) Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
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Antonio Lucchesi-Palli, 7th Prince of Campofranco, 3rd Duke of Grazia (17 May 1781 – 26 April 1856) was an Italian nobleman who served as Lieutenant General of the Kingdom from 1835 to 1837.
Antonio was born into the noble Lucchesi-Palli family in Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies on 17 May 1781. He was the son of Count Giovanni Emanuele Lucchesi-Palli (1735–1795) and Donna Maria Bianca Filingeri dei principi di Cutò. Among his siblings were Count Alessandro Lucchesi-Palli, Count Ferdinando Lucchesi-Palli (who married the opera singer Adelaide Tosi), Donna Anna Maria Lucchesi-Palli and Donna Nicola Lucchesi-Palli.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Donna Anna Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa and Emanuele Antonio Lucchesi-Palli, who became the 2nd Duke of Grazia in 1729 following the death of his grand-uncle, Antonio Lucchesi-Palli in 1729 (after already becoming the 6th Prince of Campofranco in 1719).[2] His maternal grandparents were Alessandro Filingeri, 6th Prince of Cutò, and Nicoletta Filingeri, 2nd Baroness of San Carlo. Through his brother Ferdinando, he was uncle to Clotilde, who married Domenico Caracciolo, 8th Duke of Vietri, 3rd Duke of Casamassima, 1st Prince of Crucoli, in 1854.[3]
Career
The Prince served as Maggiordomo of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies in 1825,[4] and was appointed Councilor of State in 1831. In 1832, he was appointed by Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies as Minister of State, and served as Lieutenant General of the Kingdom from 1835 to 1837. In 1835, he commissioned the architect Emmanuele Palazzotto to design the neo-Gothic Campofranco Palace (Palazzo Campofranco) in Palermo.[5]
The Prince was an art collector, and owned The Holy Family (The Madonna del Velo; Madonna di Loreto) from the mid-16th century, a copy after Raphael.[6]
