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Encyclopedia > Alice of Champagne of Jerusalem

Queen Alice of Cyprus, born Alice of Jerusalem or Alice de Champagne (11961246) was the daughter of Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem and Count Henry II of Champagne (Henry I of Jerusalem). She became, by virtue of marriage, Queen Alice of Cyprus, by which name she is best known. Events Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by William Fitz Osbern. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan. ... Isabella of Jerusalem (c. ... Henry II of Champagne (c. ...


Alice's grandmother Maria Comnena, dowager queen of Jerusalem, conducted the marriage negotiations on behalf of 12-year-old with Cyprus in 1208, and arranged her wedding to Hugh I of Cyprus. Blanche of Navarre, Regent and Countess of Champagne, widow of Alice's paternal uncle, provided the dowry for Alice. Maria Comnena (c. ... Events Philip of Swabia King of Germany and rival Holy Roman Emperor to Otto IV, assassinated June 21 in Bamberg by German Count Otto of Wittelsbach because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage. ... Hugh I of Cyprus (born 1294 or 1295, died 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus in 1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father Amalric of Lusignan, King of Cyprus and King-Consort of Jerusalem. ... The word Champagne can have one of several meanings when stated alone. ...


She married thrice. With her first husband Hugh I of Cyprus she had three children: Hugh I of Cyprus (born 1294 or 1295, died 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus in 1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father Amalric of Lusignan, King of Cyprus and King-Consort of Jerusalem. ...

  1. Maria (died c. 1252), who married Walter III of Brienne. Their son Hugh of Brienne claimed the regency of Jerusalem in 1264, but was passed over by the Haute Cour in favor of his cousin Hugh III of Cyprus. He was later an ally of Charles of Anjou. This claim fell to his son Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens, and his descendants.
  2. Isabella, who married Henry of Antioch, and who was the mother of Hugh III of Cyprus.
  3. Henry I, who became King of Cyprus on his father's death in 1218. Alice acted as regent.

In 1223 Alice married Bohemond V of Antioch, which was dissolved by annulment, and later she married Raoul of Soissons. Events Alfonso X of Castile, the Wise (el Sabio) Stockholm is founded by Birger Jarl (cf 1854) The widespread usage of torture by the Medieval Inquisition is introduced. ... Walter III of Brienne (or Gauthier, or Gualtiero) was a French nobleman who became Pretender of the Sicilian throne. ... Hugh, Count of Brienne (b c 1240. ... Events May 12 - The Battle of Lewes begins (ends May 14). ... Hugh of Antioch of the family of Poitiers-Aquitaine, Hugh I of Jerusalem (Hugh III of Cyprus) (died March 24, 1284), was the son of Isabella of Cyprus (daughter of Hugh I of Cyprus) and Henry of Antioch. ... Charles I (March 1227 - January 7, 1285) was the posthumous son of King Louis VIII of France, created Count of Anjou by his elder brother King Louis IX in 1246, thus founding the second Angevin dynasty. ... Walter V of Brienne (c. ... Isabella of Lusignan was princess of Antioch and regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ... Hugh of Antioch of the family of Poitiers-Aquitaine, Hugh I of Jerusalem (Hugh III of Cyprus) (died March 24, 1284), was the son of Isabella of Cyprus (daughter of Hugh I of Cyprus) and Henry of Antioch. ... Henry I of Cyprus (1217-1253) ruled the Kingdom of Cyprus underage from January 10, 1218 to 1253. ... Lusignan castle of Kantara in the Beşparmak mountains The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Roman Catholic Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the late Middle Ages. ... Events Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade. ... A regent is an acting governor. ... Events August 6 - Louis VIII is crowned King of France. ... Bohemund V of Antioch (d. ...


From 1243 to 1246 she served as regent of Jerusalem for Conrad IV of Germany, her half-sister Maria's grandson. 1243 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a short-lived country established in the 12th century by the First Crusade. ... Conrad IV (April 25, 1228 Andria, Italy - May 21, 1254), Lavello, was king of Jerusalem 1228-1254, Germany 1237-1254, and Sicily 1250-1254. ... Maria of Montferrat (c. ...


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Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc. (10691 words)
The County of Champagne was on the east side of the French Royal Domain, the Île de France, while the County of Blois was on the west side.
Champagne remains famous, of course, for the sparkling wine which is now de rigueur for all occasions of significance in the Westernized world, from marriages to New Year's Eve.
Hugh I is of the House of Châtillon, and is a relative of Reynald of Châtillon, Prince of Antioch.
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Fulk of Anjou, king of Jerusalem (1092-1143), was the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip I of France).
Jerusalem was one of four Christian states that had been established in Syria some 30 years earlier, in the aftermath of the First Crusade, a giant armed pilgrimage which had resembled a vast raid, since few of the great concourse of princes, knights and humbler folk who made the journey settled in the East.
Crossing the sea in 1129 with a large force, Fulk consummated his marriage wth the king's daughter and became king of Jerusalem in 1129.
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