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Alice of Jerusalem or Alice de Champagne (11961246) was the daughter of Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem and count Henry II of Champagne, king-consort 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. ...


She married thrice. Her first husband was Hugh I of Cyprus. The couple had three children: Hugh I of Cyprus (died 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus in 1205 upon the death of his father Amalric of Lusignan. ...

  1. Maria (died c 1252), who married Walter of Brienne, Count of Jaffa, who was murdered in Cairo 1244. Their son Hugh of Brienne (Count of Lecce, 1240-96) 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 annulation, and later she married Raoul of Soissons. Events May 12 - The Battle of Lewes begins (ends May 14). ... Hugh I of Jerusalem (Hugh III of Cyprus) (died 1284), was the son of Isabella of Cyprus (daughter of Hugh I of Cyprus) and Henry of Antioch. ... Walter V of Brienne (c. ... Isabella of Lusignan was princess of Antioch and regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ... Hugh I of Jerusalem (Hugh III of Cyprus) (died 1284), was the son of Isabella of Cyprus (daughter of Hugh I of Cyprus) and Henry of Antioch. ... Henry I of Cyprus (c. ... 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 of Hohenstaufen, her half-sister Maria's grandson. 1243 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan. ... 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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Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - Alix (Alice) of Jerusalem-Champagne, Queen of Cyprus & Regent of Jerusalem (515 words)
Alice married (1208) Hugues, son of Amaury of Cyprus/Amaury II of Jerusalem (also her step-brother as his father was her mother's third husband), the arrangements being made by her grandmother Maria Comnena and dowry provided by Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne.
Alice was also the aunt of Yolanda (1225), the daughter of her half-sister Maria of Montferrat, and titular Queen of Jerusalem.
It was in Tripoli that Alice met and married Bohemond V, the eldest surviving son of Bohemond IV of Antioch.
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