Benedetto I Zaccaria was an Italian admiral of the Republic of Genoa. He was the Lord of Phocaea and first Lord of Chios, and the founder of Zaccaria fortunes in Byzantine and Latin Greece. He was, at different stages in his life, a diplomat, adventurer, mercenary, and statesman.
- Occupation
- merchant, diplomat, military officer, explorer
- Citizenship
- Republic of Genoa
- Born
- 1240
- Died
- 1307
