Alice de la Roche

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Alice de la Roche
Lady of Beirut
Regent of Beirut
Eschive of Ibelin
FatherGuy I de la Roche, Lord of Athens

Alice de la Roche (died 1282

queen consort of Cyprus.[2]

Family

Alice was born on an unknown date. She was one of six children of Guy I de la Roche, Lord of Athens (1205–1263), and his wife, an unnamed woman of the noble House of Villehardouin.[citation needed] Her paternal grandfather was Otho I de la Roche, Lord of Athens. According to a partially fictional tradition, her father Guy was created Duke of Athens in 1260 by King Louis IX of France.[3]

Marriage and issue

In 1249/1250, Alice married

John II of Beirut
. John and Alice had two daughters:

During her daughter Isabella's absence in Cyprus, from 1274 to 1277, Alice was regent of Beirut.

Legacy

Alice died in 1282. In 1308, her nephew Guy II of Athens died childless. Alice's daughter Eschive claimed the dukedom, but lost to

Walter V of Brienne, the son of Alice's younger sister Isabella
.

References

  1. ^ Dan Byrnes, Lost Worlds- Women Crusaders
  2. ^ T. S. R . Boase, Kingdoms and Structures of the Crusades, London, 1971. pg. 165
  3. ^ Longnon Jean. Problèmes de l'histoire de la principauté de Morée. (Premier article). In: Journal des savants, Avril-juin 1946, pp. 90-91