"Queen Alice" redirects here. For the wife of Henry I, see Alice of Montferrat.
Queen consort of Cyprus
Alice of Champagne
Alice's arrival at Acre
Queen consort of Cyprus
Tenure
1210–1218
Regent of Cyprus
Tenure
1218–1232
Regent of Jerusalem
Tenure
1243–1246
Co-regent
Ralph of Nesle (1243)
Born
c. 1193
Died
1246
Spouses
Hugh I, King of Cyprus Bohemond V, Prince of Antioch Ralph of Nesle
Issue
Mary Isabella Henry I, King of Cyprus
House
House of Blois
House of Blois-Champagne
Father
Henry II, Count of Champagne
Mother
Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem
Alice of Champagne (French: Alix; c. 1193 – 1246) was the queen consort of Cyprus from 1210 to 1218, regent of Cyprus from 1218 to 1223, and of Jerusalem from 1243 to 1246. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Count Henry II of Champagne. In 1210, Alice married her step-brother King Hugh I of Cyprus, receiving the County of Jaffa as dowry. After her husband's death in 1218, she assumed the regency for their infant son, King Henry I. In time, she began seeking contacts within her father's counties in France to bolster her claim to Champagne and Brie against her cousin, Theobald IV. However, the kings of France never acknowledged her claim.
After a dispute with Philip of Ibelin, bailli of Cyprus in 1223, she left the island. She married Bohemond, heir apparent to the Principality of Antioch and the County of Tripoli, but their marriage was annulled because of kinship. She laid claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem against the infant Conrad (the son of her niece Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem and the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II) who was absent from the kingdom in 1229, but the High Court of Jerusalem rejected her claim. When her son reached the age of majority in 1232, Alice abdicated her regency and departed for France to claim Champagne and Brie. She subsequently renounced her claim and returned to the Holy Land.
In 1240, she married Raoul of Nesle who was about half of her age at the time. The High Court of Jerusalem proclaimed Alice and her husband regents for Conrad in 1243, but their power was only nominal. Raoul of Nesle left the kingdom, and Alice, before the end of the year. Alice retained the regency until her death in 1246.
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