De la Roche family

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de la Roche
Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Athens (de la Roche family).svg
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 is a French noble family named for La Roche-sur-l'Ognon that founded the Duchy of Athens of the early 13th century.

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of Morea: A Study of Greece in the Middle Ages, 1907, v. II, p. 314, "The De La Roches of Athens", [1]—considered outdated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