Richard, count of Acerra (died 30 November 1196[1]) was an Italo-Norman nobleman, grandson of Robert of Medania,[citation needed] a Frenchman of Anjou.[citation needed] Brother of Sibylla, queen of Tancred of Sicily, Richard was the chief peninsular supporter of his brother-in-law during his claim for the throne in 1189.
- ^ The Annales Ceccanenses record the execution pridie Kal Dec [1196] of comite Riccardo de Cerra. Annales Ceccanenses 1197, MGH SS XIX, p. 294