Richard I Orsini
Richard I Orsini (1165–1197) was an Italian nobleman and the forefather of the Apostolico Orsini, later called the Orsini of Epirus to distinguish them from their Roman cousins. From 1194 he was count of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, ruling the islands through the dowry of his wife, a daughter of the Norman admiral Margaritus of Brindisi.
Emperor Henry VI also enfeoffed him at Nocera in 1194. He died at Cephalonia in 1197 and was succeeded by his son Maio I.