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Alice's grandmother Maria Comnena , dowager queen of Jerusalem, conducted the marriage negotiations on behalf of 12-year-old with Cyprus in 1208, and arranged her wedding to Hugh I Of Cyprus . Blanche of Navarre, Regent and Countess of Champagne , widow of Alice's paternal uncle, provided the dowry for Alice. She married thrice. With her first husband Hugh I Of Cyprus she 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 . In 1223 Alice married Bohemund V Of Antioch , which was dissolved by annulment, and later she married Raoul of Soissons. 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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