Jacqueline de la Roche (d. after 1329), was sovereign baroness of

Veligosti and Damala The Barony of Veligosti or Veligosti–Damala was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, originally centred on Veligosti ( el, Βελίγοστι or Βελιγόστη; french: Véligourt; es, Viligorda; it, Villegorde) in ...

in 1308-1329, from 1311 in co-regency with her spouse.

Life

She was the daughter and heiress of

Renaud de la Roche Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (), known as Renaud (), born 11 May 1952, is a French singer, songwriter and actor. His characteristically 'broken' voice makes for a very distinctive vocal style. Several of his songs are popular classics in F ...

, and as such the last heiress of the

de la Roche The De la Roche family is a French noble family named for La Roche-sur-l'Ognon that founded the Duchy of Athens of the early 13th century. People *Alice de la Roche, (Unknown-1282) Lady of Beirut, Regent of Beirut * Guy I de la Roche, (1205–1 ...

family which had ruled the

Duchy of Athens The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, ''Doukaton Athinon''; Catalan: ''Ducat d'Atenes'') was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of the ...

from 1204 to 1308. She married

Martino Zaccaria Martino Zaccaria was the Lord of Chios from 1314 to 1329, ruler of several other Aegean islands, and baron of Veligosti–Damala and Chalandritsa in the Principality of Achaea. He distinguished himself in the fight against Turkish corsairs in ...

, Lord of Chios in 1311, who became her co-regent. When Martino was captured and carted off to

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

Andronicus III Palaeologus , image = Andronikos_III_Palaiologos.jpg , caption = 14th-century miniature.Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek. , succession = Byzantine emperor , reign = 24 May 1328 – 15 June 1341 , coronation = ...

in 1329, Jacqueline was allowed to go free with her children "and all they could carry."Miller, 50. She was the mother of Bartolommeo,

Margrave of Bodonitsa The margraviate or marquisate of Bodonitsa (also Vodonitsa or Boudonitza; el, Μαρκιωνία/Μαρκιζᾶτον τῆς Βοδονίτσας), today Mendenitsa, Phthiotis (180 km northwest of Athens), was a Frankish state in Greece fo ...

, and of Centurione I.

Notes

Sources

* Miller, William.
The Zaccaria of Phocaea and Chios (1275-1329).
''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'', Vol. 31. (1911), pp. 42–55. * *Setton, Kenneth M. ''Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380''. Revised edition. Variorum: London, 1975. Barons of Veligosti-Damala

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Lordship of Chios

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