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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.
Notable members
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
The la Roche family bears for arms: five points gules equipolated to four or .
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References
^ Histoire généalogique des sires de Salins
Bibliography
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[1] —considered outdated