The de la Roche family was a French noble family named for La Roche-sur-l'Ognon in Burgundy, France that founded the Duchy of Athens 1204 and held it for just over a century.
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| Etymology | "of the Rock" in French in reference to the place of origin |
| Place of origin | La Roche-sur-l'Ognon, Duchy of Athens, Fourth Crusade |
| Members | Othon de la Roche (founder) |
| Distinctions | Dukes (European nobility) |
Notable members
edit- Alice de la Roche (unknown-1282), Lady of Beirut, Regent of Beirut
- Guy I de la Roche (1205–1263), Frankish Duke of Athens
- Guy II de la Roche (1280–1308), Frankish Duke of Athens
- Isabella de la Roche, (died c.1291), daughter of Guy I de la Roche and wife of Geoffrey of Briel
- Jacqueline de la Roche (died c.1329) baroness of Veligosti and Damala in 1308-1329, from 1311 in co-regency with her spouse.
- John I de la Roche (died 1280) Frankish Duke of Athens, succeeding his father; Guy I de la Roche
- Othon de la Roche (died c.1234), first Frankish Lord and Duke of Athens
- Renaud de la Roche, father of Jacqueline de la Roche
- William de la Roche (lord of Veligosti), Baron of Veligosti and Damala in the Principality of Achaea, and a relative of the ruling Dukes of Athens of the de la Roche family.
- William I de la Roche (died 1287) succeeded his brother, John I de la Roche, as Duke of Athens in 1280.
Coat of arms
editThe la Roche family bears for arms: five points gules equipolated to four or.[1]
References
edit- ^ Histoire généalogique des sires de Salins
Bibliography
edit- James Rennell Rodd, The Princes of Achaia and the Chronicles of Morea: A Study of Greece in the Middle Ages, 1907, v. II, p. 314, "The De La Roches of Athens", [1]—considered outdated