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De la Roche family

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de la Roche
Etymology"of the Rock" in French in reference to the place of origin
Place of originLa Roche-sur-l'Ognon,
Duchy of Athens, Fourth Crusade
MembersOthon de la Roche (founder)
DistinctionsDukes (European nobility)

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

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Coat of arms

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The la Roche family bears for arms: five points gules equipolated to four or.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Histoire généalogique des sires de Salins

Bibliography

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  • 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of Morea: A Study of Greece in the Middle Ages, 1907, v. II, p. 314, "The De La Roches of Athens", [1]—considered outdated