Family
Alice was born on an unknown date. She was one of six children of Guy I de la Roche-sur-l'Ongon, Lord of Athens (1205–1263), and his wife, who was the daughter of Hugh of Briel, Lord of Karytaina by an unnamed woman of the noble House of Villehardouin. Her paternal grandfather was Otho I de la Roche-sur-l'Ongon, Lord of Athens. Her father Guy was created Duke of Athens in 1260 by King Louis IX of France.
Alice had two brothers and three younger sisters:
- John I de la Roche, Duke of Athens (died 1280), succeeded his father as Duke in 1263. He died unmarried and childless.
- William de la Roche (died 1287), Duke of Athens, married Helena Angelina Comnena, by whom he had one son, Guy II, Duke of Athens.
- Marguerite de la Roche (died after 1293), married Henry I, Count of Vaudémont.
- Isabella de la Roche, married firstly, Geoffrey of Briel, Lord of Karytaina. She married secondly, Hugh of Brienne, Count of Brienne and Lecce, by whom she had a son, Walter of Brienne, who in turn married Jeanne de Châtillon and had issue, and a daughter, Agnes of Brienne, wife of John, Count of Joigny. Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville and her siblings were among Isabella's many descendants.
- Catherine de la Roche, married Carlo di Lagonessa, Seneschal of Sicily.
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