Alice of Champagne
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Alice of Champagne was the queen consort of Cyprus from 1210 to 1218, regent of Cyprus from 1218 to 1232, and regent of Jerusalem from 1243 to 1246. She was the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusal
Alice's arrival at Acre
Coin of Alice's son, Henry I of Cyprus
Henry I of Cyprus
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Henry I, called the Fat, was the king of Cyprus from 1218 until his death. Noted for his obesity, Henry was a pliant king who relied heavily on his kin from the powerful Ibelin family.
Alice of Champagne
…Hugh I of Cyprus, receiving the County of Jaffa as her dowry. After her husband's death in 1218, she assumed the regency for their infant son, King Henry I, but her maternal uncle Philip of Ibelin became the actual head of state administration as bailli (governor). Alice began seeking contacts within her…
Miniature of Henry receiving a message in a 1375–1380 edition of the Grandes Chroniques de France
The young King Henry was kept at Dieudamour, which underwent a long siege in 1229–1230.
Henry welcomed Louis IX of France in Cyprus and accompanied him on crusade to Egypt.