De la Roche family

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.