Otto (or Othon) de la Roche (died 1234) was a Burgundian nobleman from the castle of La Roche-sur-l'Ognon, in the Franche-Comté commune of Rigney, Doubs. He joined the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and became the first Duke of Athens. The historians Geoffroy de Villehardouin and Robert de Clari both relate that Otto captured the Shroud of Turin and gave it to the Knights Templar, who brought it back to France.
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