Federico Cornaro
Federico Cornaro (died 1382) was a Venetian patrician, merchant and diplomat. Trade with Cyprus made his fortune: King Peter I granted him the fief of Episkopi, which he made a major sugar plantation, and in 1365 he lent the king sixty thousand ducats. By 1379 he was the richest man in Venice.
In the War of Chioggia he secured Bernabò Visconti's alliance. In 1377 he married his son Pietro to Maria of Enghien, heiress of Argos and Nauplia, and ruled the lordship in the couple's name until his death. He was buried beside his brother Marco in the Frari church.