Frederick of La Roche

Frederick of La Roche (died 30 October 1174) was the sixth Latin archbishop of Tyre (1164–1174), chancellor of the kingdom of Jerusalem (c. 1150), and the chief diplomat of King Amalric.

When Amalric of Nesle was elected patriarch of Jerusalem in 1157, he was opposed by the archbishop of Caesarea, Hernesius, and the bishop of Bethlehem, Ralph, but Frederick supported him and returned to Rome to appeal to Hadrian IV.

In March, 1164, Peter of Barcelona, archbishop of Tyre, died, and within a month Frederick was appointed to replace him, at the request of King Amalric.

King Amalric then sent a second embassy under Archbishop Frederick, Bishop John of Banyas and Guibert, the preceptor of the Knights Hospitaller.

The embassy was also meant to find a suitable husband for the then-eleven-year-old Sibylla, the king's daughter, who might one day reign, her brother Baldwin being suspected of having contracted leprosy.