Jacqueline de la Roche

Who is Jacqueline de la Roche?

Jacqueline de la Roche was the last heiress of the de la Roche family which had ruled the Duchy of Athens from 1204 to 1308. She was the daughter and heiress of Renaud de la Roche. She was the baroness of Veligosti and Damala in her own right from that latter date until her marriage to Martino Zaccaria, Lord of Chios.

When Martino was captured and carted off to Constantinople by Andronicus III Palaeologus in 1329, Jacqueline was allowed to go free with her children "and all they could carry." She was the mother of Bartolommeo, Margrave of Bodonitsa, and of Centurione I.