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 1208 at
Nicosia. They had three children:
, 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.
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