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Alice of Cyprus
Alice of Cyprus (1195/1196 – 1246) was queen consort of Hugh I of Cyprus , and regent of Jerusalem for Conrad IV of Germany from 1243 to 1246.
She was the daughter of Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem and Henry II , Count of Champagne (Henry I of Jerusalem), born Adela or Alice of Champagne , also of Jerusalem .
In 1208, Alice's grandmother Maria Comnena , dowager queen of Jerusalem, conducted the marriage negotiations with Cyprus on behalf of 12-year-old Alice, and arranged her marriage to Hugh I of Cyprus , who was Alice's stepbrother. Blanche of Navarre, Regent and Countess of Champagne , widow of Alice's paternal uncle, provided the dowry for Alice.
She and Hugh wed in September 1210 at Nicosia . They had three children:
Maria (died c. 1252), who married Walter IV 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.
Isabella , who married Henry of Antioch , and who was the mother of Hugh III of Cyprus .Henry I , who became King of Cyprus on his father's death in 1218. Alice acted as regent .
Shortly before January 10 , 1223 Alice married Bohemund V of Antioch , which was dissolved by annulment on July 5 , 1227 . She then married Raoul de Couevres de Soissons in 1241.
From 1243 to 1246 she served as regent of Jerusalem for Conrad IV of Germany, her half-sister Maria 's grandson.
