The De la Roche family is a French noble family named for
La Roche-sur-l'Ognon
Rigney () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Its hamlet ''La Roche-sur-l'Ognon'' is also the most likely place of origin of the first ducal family of the Duchy of Athens, the de la Roch ...
that founded 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 th ...
of the early 13th century.
People
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Alice de la Roche
Alice de la Roche, Lady of Beirut, Regent of Beirut (died 1282) was the wife of John II, Lord of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. She was a daughter of Guy I, Lord of Athens. Alice is sometimes referred to as Alice of Athens. Alice was regent ...
, (Unknown-1282) Lady of Beirut, Regent of Beirut
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Guy I de la Roche, (1205–1263) Frankish Duke of Athens
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Guy II de la Roche
Guy II de la Roche, also known as Guyot or Guidotto (1280 – 5 October 1308), was the Duke of Athens from 1287, the last duke of his family.''The Latins in Greece and the Aegean from the Fourth Crusade to the End of the Middle Ages'', K. M. S ...
, (1280 – 1308) Frankish Duke of Athens
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Isabella de la Roche
Isabella de la Roche (died before 1291) was a daughter of Guy I de la Roche. She was married twice, firstly to Geoffrey of Briel, Lord of Karytaina and then secondly to Hugh, Count of Brienne, having children only with her second husband.
Life
I ...
, (died c.1291) Daughter of
Guy I de la Roche and wife of
Geoffrey of Briel
Geoffrey of Briel, in older literature Geoffrey of Bruyères, was a French knight and the third lord of the Barony of Karytaina in the Principality of Achaea, in Frankish Greece. He led a colourful and turbulent life, narrated in detail in the ''C ...
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Jacqueline de la Roche Jacqueline de la Roche (d. after 1329), was sovereign baroness of Veligosti and Damala in 1308-1329, from 1311 in co-regency with her spouse.
Life
She was the daughter and heiress of Renaud de la Roche, and as such the last heiress of the de la ...
(died c.1329) 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.
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John I de la Roche John I de la Roche (died 1280) succeeded his father, Guy I, as Duke of Athens in 1263. He was cultured and chivalrous, spoke fluent Greek, and read Herodotus.
In 1275, John, with 300 knights, relieved Neopatras, which had been blockaded by a Byz ...
(died 1280) Frankish Duke of Athens, succeeding his father;
Guy I de la Roche
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Othon de la Roche
Othon de la Roche, also Otho de la Roche (died before 1234), was a Burgundian nobleman of the De la Roche family from La Roche-sur-l'Ognon. He joined the Fourth Crusade and became the first Frankish Lord of Athens in 1204. In addition to Athen ...
(died c.1234) First Frankish Lord and Duke of Athens
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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 ...
, father of
Jacqueline de la Roche Jacqueline de la Roche (d. after 1329), was sovereign baroness of Veligosti and Damala in 1308-1329, from 1311 in co-regency with her spouse.
Life
She was the daughter and heiress of Renaud de la Roche, and as such the last heiress of the de la ...
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William de la Roche (lord of Veligosti)
William de la Roche was a 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.
Life
William's exact parentage and position within the de la Roche family is unknow ...
Baron 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 the
Principality of Achaea
The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom ...
, and a relative of the ruling
Dukes 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 ...
of the de la Roche family.
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William I de la Roche
William I de la Roche (died 1287) succeeded his brother, John I, as Duke of Athens in 1280. He was the son of Guy I de la Roche.
William reversed the territorial losses of his brother's reign, extending his control over Lamia and Gardiki. He ma ...
(died 1287) succeeded his brother,
John I de la Roche John I de la Roche (died 1280) succeeded his father, Guy I, as Duke of Athens in 1263. He was cultured and chivalrous, spoke fluent Greek, and read Herodotus.
In 1275, John, with 300 knights, relieved Neopatras, which had been blockaded by a Byz ...
, as Duke of Athens in 1280.
References
Bibliography
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James Rennell Rodd
James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, (9 November 1858 – 26 July 1941), known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician. He served as British Ambassador to Italy during the First World War.
Early life
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, ''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"
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